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How much rain fell in Cherwell, Buckinghamshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 6.5mm of rain forecast for the area around Cherwell, heaviest in the hour to Mon 12:00 (1.7mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 17:05 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 Turweston nr Turweston | 9.3km | 12.9mm | 63.6mm | 83.2mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Banbury nr Banbury | 11.9km | 8.6mm | 61.6mm | 79.8mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Bicester nr Bicester | 12.0km | 14.5mm | 73.3mm | 94.5mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 25 Sep–24 Oct. Wettest day: 20.0mm.
13 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Turweston, against a full-month average of 14.0 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
The rain gauges near Cherwell do not have a long enough daily record yet, so this is the Met Office series for the wider region.
Yearly rainfall 1986–2025, with the dashed line at the 1991–2020 average. Wettest: 2000 (1,109 mm). Driest: 2005 (610 mm). Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Cherwell gets about 740 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 77 mm; driest March, 47 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), 1.2 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: Heyford Bridge, 7.7 km away: 0.47 m Steady.
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 Cherwell's monitored area.
4 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Cherwell's monitored area. None of the 4 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: © Thames Water storm overflow activity data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Live status: © Anglian 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.
12.0mm of rain fell yesterday (24 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Cherwell.
October so far: 85.8mm vs 64.2mm October average — 34% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 25 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Turweston is the nearest rain gauge, 9.3km from the centre of Cherwell's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
13 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Turweston, against a full-month average of 14.0 rain days.
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 Cherwell's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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