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How much rain fell in Gloucester, Gloucestershire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 4.9mm of rain forecast for the area around Gloucester, heaviest in the hour to 23:00 (0.8mm).
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.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | November | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Tewkesbury nr Tewkesbury | 2.3km | 0.0mm | 4.2mm | 5.2mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Painswick nr Painswick | 9.9km | 0.0mm | 0.4mm | 0.4mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr May Hill nr May Hill | 12.1km | 0.2mm | 5.8mm | 6.2mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 11 Oct–9 Nov. Wettest day: 13.2mm.
2 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this November at Rainfall gauge nr Tewkesbury, against a full-month average of 19.9 rain days (based on 17 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 552 mm (1 Jan to 9 Nov), against 698 mm by the same date in an average year (2002–2025) — 21% 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 (1,181 mm). Driest: 2011 (562 mm). Average: 853 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
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.
Gloucester gets about 716 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 75 mm; driest March, 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), 1.1 km from the centre of Gloucester. 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: Gloucester, 0.4 km away: 0.21 m Falling ▼.
Every gauge on the River Severn →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Gloucester.
12 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Gloucester. None of the 12 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 and non-metropolitan district in England
Gloucester is a cathedral city, non-metropolitan district and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west. It is situated 7 miles (11 km) from Cheltenham, 19 miles (31 km) from Monmouth, 33 miles (53 km) from Bristol, and 17 miles (27 km) east of the England and Wales border. Gloucester has a population of around 132,000, including suburban areas. It is a port, linked via the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal to the Severn Estuary.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.1mm of rain fell yesterday (9 Nov 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Gloucester.
November so far: 4.4mm vs 93.6mm November average — 95% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 10 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Tewkesbury is the nearest rain gauge, 2.3km from the centre of Gloucester. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
2 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this November at Rainfall gauge nr Tewkesbury, against a full-month average of 19.9 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2002, with 1,181 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 853 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 562 mm.
20 Jul 2007: 60.5 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 78.8 mm at one of them, during 2007 UK floods. Records since 29 Jan 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 Gloucester — local rainfall can vary over short distances. The centre of Gloucester 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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