How much rain fell in Coningsby, Lincolnshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.3mm of rain forecast for the area around Coningsby, heaviest in the hour to Tue 05:00 (1.9mm).
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 Coningsby | 0.0km | 0.7mm | 50.0mm | 86.0mm | 3.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr East Kirkby nr East Kirkby | 11.9km | 0.0mm | 20.4mm | 26.3mm | 4.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ruskington nr Ruskington | 14.7km | 0.0mm | 19.6mm | 26.7mm | 4.0mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 12.7mm.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Coningsby, against a full-month average of 27.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 421 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 510 mm by the same date in an average year (2002–2025) — 17% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 3 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2019 (883 mm). Driest: 2011 (442 mm). Average: 645 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 3 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.
Coningsby gets about 599 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 60 mm; driest March, 35 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), 0.7 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Coningsby's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Coningsby's monitored area. None of the 2 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: © 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.
Town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district in Lincolnshire, England
Coningsby is a town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district in Lincolnshire, England, it is situated on the A153 road, adjoining Tattershall on its western side, 13 miles (21 km) north west of Boston and 8 miles (13 km) south west from Horncastle.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.2mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Coningsby.
October so far: 46.3mm vs 67.2mm October average — 31% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Coningsby is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Coningsby's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Coningsby, against a full-month average of 27.5 rain days.
2019 was the wettest year in the record since 2002, with 883 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 645 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 442 mm.
10 Jun 2019: 76.2 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 84.6 mm at one of them. Records since 31 Mar 2001.
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 Coningsby's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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