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How much rain fell in Derby, Derbyshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.1mm of rain forecast for the area around Derby, heaviest in the hour to Wed 02:00 (0.9mm).
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.
Chance of rain in Derby
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 25% chance of more than 1 mm, 5% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: 25% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Tue 10 Nov. For the Met Office forecast point under 1 km from Derby. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | November | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Kirk Langley CP nr Kirk Langley CP | 7.7km | 0.0mm | 0.4mm | 0.6mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Draycott nr Draycott | 8.5km | 0.0mm | 1.8mm | 1.8mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Denby CP nr Denby CP | 11.5km | 0.0mm | 0.4mm | 0.6mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 11 Oct–9 Nov. Wettest day: 12.2mm.
3 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this November at Rainfall gauge nr Kirk Langley CP, against a full-month average of 20.4 rain days (based on 21 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 618 mm (1 Jan to 9 Nov), against 602 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 4 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (998 mm). Driest: 2011 (468 mm). Average: 723 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 4 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.
Derby gets about 699 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 70 mm; driest April, 45 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), 2.6 km from the centre of Derby. 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: Derby City, 0.3 km away: 0.57 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Derwent →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Derby.
54 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Derby. None of the 54 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.
City in Derbyshire, England
Derby is a city and unitary authority area on the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England. Derby was the original county town before the county town status was given to Matlock. As a unitary authority, Derby is administratively independent from Derbyshire County Council. The population of Derby is 275,344 (2025).
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (9 Nov 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Derby.
November so far: 1.5mm vs 72.6mm November average — 98% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 10 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Kirk Langley CP is the nearest rain gauge, 7.7km from the centre of Derby. 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 Kirk Langley CP, against a full-month average of 20.4 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 998 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 723 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 468 mm.
17 Jul 2001: 60.0 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 67.0 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 Derby — local rainfall can vary over short distances. The centre of Derby 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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