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How much rain fell in Greasley, Nottinghamshire? 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 Greasley (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 05:05 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 Greasley | 0.0km | 7.2mm | 41.0mm | 94.0mm | 2.0mm |
| Day Brook nr Bulwell | 6.2km | 6.8mm | 38.8mm | 67.9mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ravenshead CP nr Ravenshead CP | 8.9km | 7.2mm | 43.6mm | 76.2mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 13.9mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Greasley, against a full-month average of 18.4 rain days (based on 19 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 595 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 576 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 8 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (1,071 mm). Driest: 2011 (477 mm). Average: 731 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 8 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.
Greasley gets about 730 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 73 mm; driest March, 48 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), 2.9 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: Bulwell, 4.1 km away: 0.39 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Leen →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Greasley's monitored area.
31 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Greasley's monitored area. None of the 29 with a live status is discharging right now, and 2 have 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.
Civil parish in England
Greasley is a civil parish north west of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England. Although it is thought there was once a village called Greasley, there is no settlement of that name today as it was destroyed by the Earl of Rutland. The built up areas in the parish are Beauvale, Giltbrook, Moorgreen, Newthorpe, Watnall and parts of Eastwood, Kimberley and Nuthall. There is also a small hamlet known as Bog-End. The parish is one of the largest in Nottinghamshire at 7.63 square miles (19.8 km2), the 2001 UK Census reporting it had a total population of 10,467, increasing to 11,014 in 2011, and 11,241 at the 2021 census.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
6.4mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km of Greasley.
October so far: 73.7mm vs 76.3mm October average — 3% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Greasley is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Greasley's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Greasley, against a full-month average of 18.4 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,071 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 731 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 477 mm.
10 Jun 2019: 45.3 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 59.8 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 Greasley's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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