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How much rain fell in Byfield, West Northamptonshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.1mm of rain forecast for the area around Byfield, heaviest in the hour to Tue 04:00 (0.6mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 11:05 UK time. It is a forecast, not a measurement, and not a Met Office forecast. Weather data by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Daily totals for UK days from the same computer model; "dry" means under 0.2mm. Forecasts further ahead are less certain.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Byfield | 0.3km | 0.0mm | 59.9mm | 88.5mm | 5.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Preston Capes nr Preston Capes | 4.9km | 0.0mm | 17.7mm | 24.1mm | 5.7mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Litchborough nr Litchborough | 10.5km | – | 55.6mm | 74.8mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 12.2mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Byfield, against a full-month average of 17.2 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 445 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 529 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 16% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 8 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2024 (1,054 mm). Driest: 2011 (409 mm). Average: 680 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 8 local rain gauges, for UTC days; one gauge can catch much more than the average. A storm's figure adds up the rain measured on its dates, from our list of Met Office named storms and major floods — other weather on those days counts too.
Byfield gets about 716 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 74 mm; driest March, 46 mm). That is drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year.
Monthly averages in mm. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 0.5 km from the town's gauge centre. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. UK comparison: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, 1991-2020, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Rain gauge River gauge Storm overflow
Nearest gauge on it: Woodford Halse, 1.8 km away: 0.98 m Rising ▲.
Every gauge on the River Cherwell →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Byfield's monitored area.
5 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Byfield's monitored area. None of them has a live status we can show right now.
Event Duration Monitors show when an overflow may be spilling; they do not confirm it, and this is not advice on water quality. A live status older than two hours counts as no current status. Live status: © Thames Water storm overflow activity data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Annual spill figures: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring return, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, Open Government Licence (OGL) v3.0.
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of Byfield.
October so far: 70.9mm vs 70.5mm October average — 1% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Byfield is the nearest rain gauge, 0.3km from the centre of Byfield's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Byfield, against a full-month average of 17.2 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,054 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 680 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 409 mm.
23 Sep 2024: 60.5 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 74.6 mm at one of them. Records since 1 Jan 2000.
Rainfall data: Environment Agency rain gauges, synced every 15 minutes. Daily totals are computed overnight (UTC days); "today so far" is live. Gauge distances are straight-line from the centre of Byfield's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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