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How much rain fell in Hereford, Herefordshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.5mm of rain forecast for the area around Hereford, heaviest in the hour to Tue 02:00 (1.7mm).
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 Hereford | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 45.8mm | 56.6mm | 2.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Holme Lacy nr Holme Lacy | 7.0km | 0.2mm | 56.6mm | 72.0mm | 4.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Llanwarne nr Llanwarne | 11.2km | 0.1mm | 56.9mm | – | 7.4mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 13.3mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Hereford, against a full-month average of 17.8 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 523 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 569 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 8% 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: 2012 (1,045 mm). Driest: 2011 (504 mm). Average: 746 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.
Hereford gets about 763 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 85 mm; driest July, 49 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), 3.0 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: Old Wye Bridge, 1.1 km away: 1.50 m Falling ▼.
Every gauge on the River Wye →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Hereford's monitored area.
19 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Hereford's monitored area. None of the 18 with a live status is discharging right now, 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: © Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, from its Storm Overflow Map. Annual spill figures: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring return, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, Open Government Licence (OGL) v3.0.
Cathedral city and the county town of Herefordshire, England
Hereford is a cathedral city and the county town of the ceremonial county of Herefordshire, England. It is on the banks of the River Wye and lies 16 miles (26 km) east of the border with Wales, 23 miles (37 km) north-west of Gloucester and 24 miles (39 km) south-west of Worcester. With a population of 61,900 in 2024, it is the largest settlement in Herefordshire.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.2mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Hereford.
October so far: 62.9mm vs 90.0mm October average — 30% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Hereford is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Hereford's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Hereford, against a full-month average of 17.8 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,045 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 746 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 504 mm.
23 Sep 2012: 69.8 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 81.4 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 Hereford's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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