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How much rain fell in Fairford Leys, Buckinghamshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.6mm of rain forecast for the area around Fairford Leys, heaviest in the hour to 22:00 (0.8mm).
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 Aylesbury nr Aylesbury | 0.1km | 19.2mm | 57.6mm | 90.4mm | 10.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Buckland nr Buckland | 12.7km | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Drayton Parslow nr Drayton Parslow | 15.0km | 16.2mm | 47.2mm | 76.2mm | 8.6mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 13.4mm.
10 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Aylesbury, against a full-month average of 16.5 rain days (based on 24 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 408 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 558 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — 27% 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: 2023 (1,646 mm). Driest: 2011 (479 mm). Average: 733 mm a year.
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.
Fairford Leys gets about 638 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 68 mm; driest March, 39 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), 2.8 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: Aylesbury Thame, 0.2 km away: 1.33 m Rising ▲.
Every gauge on the River Thame →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Fairford Leys's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Fairford Leys'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: © 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.
Estate in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England
Fairford Leys is a housing development in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, designed in the urban village style, with the street and block layout making it more friendly to pedestrians and cyclists. The three main developers of the development were bound by a design code to ensure architectural cohesion and this is maintained through covenants on the deeds of each property.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
11.8mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Fairford Leys.
October so far: 55.5mm vs 85.2mm October average — 35% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Aylesbury is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Fairford Leys's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
10 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Aylesbury, against a full-month average of 16.5 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 1,646 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 733 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 479 mm.
20 Oct 2023: 59.3 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 177.6 mm at one of them, during Storm Babet. 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 Fairford Leys's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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