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How much rain fell in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire? 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 Great Missenden (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated Tue 23:05 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 Great Missenden | 0.0km | 5.4mm | 71.8mm | 99.8mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Buckland nr Buckland | 8.9km | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Stokenchurch nr Stokenchurch | 12.7km | 10.5mm | 71.6mm | 108.3mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 9.6mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Great Missenden, against a full-month average of 18.0 rain days (based on 23 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 457 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 582 mm by the same date in an average year (2003–2025) — 21% drier.
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 (1,513 mm). Driest: 2005 (554 mm). Average: 770 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.
Great Missenden gets about 819 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 88 mm; driest March, 52 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), 1.7 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
Nearest gauge on it: Chesham, 9.2 km away: 0.32 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Chess →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Great Missenden's monitored area.
Village in Buckinghamshire, England
Great Missenden is a village and civil parish in the Misbourne Valley of the Chiltern Hills, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated between the towns of Amersham and Wendover; it adjoins the village of Little Kingshill, and is 1 mile (1.6 km) from Little Missenden and the village of Prestwood. The village is now best known as home to the late Roald Dahl, the world-famous adult and children's author.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
5.3mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Great Missenden.
October so far: 57.4mm vs 86.9mm October average — 34% drier. Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Great Missenden is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Great Missenden's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Great Missenden, against a full-month average of 18.0 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2003, with 1,513 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 770 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 554 mm.
22 Sep 2024: 72.4 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 93.2 mm at one of them. Records since 1 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 Great Missenden's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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