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How much rain fell in Cotswold, Gloucestershire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: little or no rain forecast for the area around Cotswold (under 0.2mm).
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 Cotswold | 0.0km | 5.8mm | 77.8mm | 109.5mm | 4.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Winstone nr Winstone | 9.2km | 6.4mm | 74.7mm | 122.8mm | 4.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Stroud nr Stroud | 12.0km | 6.6mm | 76.0mm | 114.2mm | 9.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 15.7mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Cotswold, against a full-month average of 18.5 rain days (based on 17 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 594 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 690 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 14% 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: 2023 (1,296 mm). Driest: 2011 (605 mm). Average: 901 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.
Cotswold gets about 977 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 106 mm; driest March, 66 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), 2.5 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Cotswold's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Cotswold'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: © Severn Trent Water storm overflow activity data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. 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.
Protected area mostly in South West England
The Cotswolds is a region of South West and South Central England, along a range of wolds or rolling hills that rise from the meadows of the upper River Thames to an escarpment above the Severn Valley and the Vale of Evesham. The area is defined by the bedrock of Jurassic limestone that creates a type of grassland habitat that is quarried for the golden-coloured Cotswold stone. It lies across the boundaries of several English counties: mainly Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, and parts of Wiltshire, Somerset, Worcestershire, and Warwickshire. The highest point is Cleeve Hill at 1,083 ft (330 m), just east of Cheltenham. The predominantly rural landscape contains stone-built villages, towns, stately homes and gardens featuring the local stone.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
5.5mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Cotswold.
October so far: 91.1mm vs 98.2mm October average — 7% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Cotswold is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Cotswold's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Cotswold, against a full-month average of 18.5 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,296 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 901 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 605 mm.
20 Jul 2007: 86.8 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 Cotswold's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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