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How much rain fell in Farndon, Nottinghamshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.5mm of rain forecast for the area around Farndon, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (1.1mm).
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 Newark and Sherwood nr Newark and Sherwood | 0.1km | 7.0mm | 25.2mm | 59.6mm | 8.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Woodborough nr Woodborough | 13.3km | 7.2mm | 24.0mm | 59.4mm | 10.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Lambley nr Lambley | 16.1km | 7.8mm | 24.6mm | 58.2mm | 10.2mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 9.7mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Newark and Sherwood, against a full-month average of 16.7 rain days (based on 25 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 504 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 524 mm by the same date in an average year (2002–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 2 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (939 mm). Driest: 2011 (437 mm). Average: 667 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 2 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.
Farndon gets about 616 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month July, 63 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), 2.3 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 Discharging now
Nearest gauge on it: Farndon, 2.0 km away: 0.47 m Rising ▲.
Every gauge on the River Trent →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Farndon's monitored area.
11 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Farndon's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 9 report not discharging, and 1 has no current status.
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.
Village in Nottinghamshire, England
Farndon is a small village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies along the historic Fosse road on the banks of the River Trent and is 3 miles (4 km) south-west of Newark-on-Trent. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 2,405, this increased to 2,479 at the 2021 census. The A46 road previously ran through the village until the development of a new dual carriageway bypass.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
7.1mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Farndon.
October so far: 59.5mm vs 71.6mm October average — 17% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Newark and Sherwood is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Farndon's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Newark and Sherwood, against a full-month average of 16.7 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2002, with 939 mm from the average of 2 local rain gauges, against an average of 667 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 437 mm.
27 Aug 2026: 59.7 mm on average across 2 local rain gauges, and up to 72.4 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 Farndon's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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