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How much rain fell in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 13.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Cheltenham, heaviest in the hour to 21:00 (2.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across whose centre is 12 km from Cheltenham, 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 | November | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Cotswold nr Cotswold | 4.8km | 0.0mm | 2.4mm | 3.0mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Painswick nr Painswick | 12.2km | 0.0mm | 0.4mm | 0.4mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Winstone nr Winstone | 12.9km | 0.1mm | 4.0mm | 4.6mm | 0.3mm |
Daily totals 11 Oct–9 Nov. Wettest day: 15.5mm.
3 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this November at Rainfall gauge nr Cotswold, against a full-month average of 21.0 rain days (based on 17 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 577 mm (1 Jan to 9 Nov), against 736 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 22% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 5 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2024 (1,241 mm). Driest: 2011 (586 mm). Average: 894 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 5 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.
Cheltenham gets about 745 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 76 mm; driest March, 48 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), 2.2 km from the centre of Cheltenham. 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Cheltenham.
6 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Cheltenham. None of the 6 with a live status is discharging 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: © Severn Trent 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.
Town and Borough in Gloucestershire, England
Cheltenham is a historic spa town and borough adjacent to the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England. Cheltenham became known as a health and holiday spa town resort following the discovery of mineral springs in 1716, and claims to be the most complete Regency town in Britain. It is directly northeast of Gloucester.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.1mm of rain fell yesterday (9 Nov 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Cheltenham.
November so far: 3.6mm vs 98.1mm November average — 96% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 10 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Cotswold is the nearest rain gauge, 4.8km from the centre of Cheltenham. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
3 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this November at Rainfall gauge nr Cotswold, against a full-month average of 21.0 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,241 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 894 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 586 mm.
20 Jul 2007: 84.3 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 97.8 mm at one of them, during 2007 UK floods. 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 Cheltenham — local rainfall can vary over short distances. The centre of Cheltenham is the Ordnance Survey Open Names point for the city or town. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (OGL v3.0).
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