Home › Rainfall › Holme Lacy

Rainfall in Holme Lacy

How much rain fell in Holme Lacy, Herefordshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.

The average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of the centre of Holme Lacy's monitored area, all reporting in the last two days. This October they range from 57.6mm to 74.0mm. The nearest is Rainfall gauge nr Holme Lacy, 0.0km away. Rain can be very local, so one street may differ from the average.
4.8mm
Yesterday (26 Oct 2026)
47.5mm
Last 7 days
63.8mm
October so far
vs 82.6mm avg — 23% drier
1.6mm
Today so far (UTC)

Rain forecast

Next 24 hours: little or no rain forecast for the area around Holme Lacy (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).

Next 4 days

Daily totals for UK days from the same computer model; "dry" means under 0.2mm. Forecasts further ahead are less certain.

🏠 Thinking of buying in Holme Lacy? Get the Property Flood-Risk Report for any Holme Lacy postcode — official risk band, recorded floods since 1946, warning history, river behaviour and nearby storm overflows. £19 one-off, instant. Learn more →
⚠️ Yesterday's 4.2mm at Rainfall gauge nr Holme Lacy was the wettest day at this gauge since 24 Oct 2026 and in the top 30.5% of 463 rain days in this gauge's 2-year record.
⚠️ Yesterday's 2.6mm at Rainfall gauge nr Hereford was the wettest day at this gauge since 24 Oct 2026 and in the top 36.7% of 455 rain days in this gauge's 2-year record.
⚠️ Yesterday's 7.4mm at Rainfall gauge nr Llanwarne was the wettest day at this gauge since 24 Oct 2026 and in the top 19.4% of 232 rain days in this gauge's 13-month record.

Nearest rain gauges to Holme Lacy

GaugeDistanceYesterday7 daysOctoberToday
Rainfall gauge nr Holme Lacy 0.0km 4.2mm 50.6mm 74.0mm 2.0mm
Rainfall gauge nr Hereford nr Hereford 7.0km 2.6mm 41.6mm 57.6mm 1.0mm
Rainfall gauge nr Llanwarne nr Llanwarne 9.1km 7.4mm 56.0mm – 3.3mm

Last 30 days (average of 4 gauges within 15km)

Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 13.7mm.

Rain days this October

18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Holme Lacy, against a full-month average of 17.7 rain days (based on 11 months of records at this gauge).

Rainfall year by year in Holme Lacy

2026 so far: 539 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 575 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 6% 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: 2012 (1,045 mm). Driest: 2011 (504 mm). Average: 744 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.

Wettest days and storms in Holme Lacy

Wettest days since 2000

  1. 69.8 mm 23 Sep 2012up to 81.4 mm at one gauge
  2. 53.7 mm 25 Oct 2019up to 59.2 mm at one gauge
  3. 52.8 mm 19 Oct 2001up to 56.4 mm at one gauge
  4. 52.7 mm 20 Jul 2007 · 2007 UK floodsup to 55.2 mm at one gauge
  5. 48.9 mm 24 Jul 2005up to 50.8 mm at one gauge

Storms that brought the most rain here

  1. 60.9 mm Storm Angus · 19–21 Nov 2016
  2. 54.8 mm Storm Babet · 18–22 Oct 2023
  3. 49.5 mm Storm Dennis · 15–16 Feb 2020
  4. 43.9 mm Storm Bert · 22–25 Nov 2024
  5. 33.8 mm Storm Callum · 11–14 Oct 2018

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.

Average rainfall in Holme Lacy

Holme Lacy gets about 732 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 78 mm; driest March, 51 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.

Gauges and storm overflows around Holme Lacy

Rain gauge River gauge Storm overflow

Rivers near Holme Lacy

River Wye the largest river near Holme Lacy

Nearest gauge on it: Mordiford, 2.0 km away: 1.58 m Steady.

Every gauge on the River Wye →

Nearest river gauges

A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Holme Lacy's monitored area.

Storm overflows near Holme Lacy

5 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Holme Lacy's monitored area. None of the 5 with a live status is discharging right now.

The most spills in 2025

Sewage & storm overflows →

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.

About Holme Lacy

Holme Lacy
Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page)

Village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England

Holme Lacy is a village and civil parish in the county of Herefordshire, England. The population of the civil parish was 466 at the 2011 census.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Frequently asked questions

How much rain fell in Holme Lacy yesterday?

4.8mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Holme Lacy.

Is this month wetter than normal in Holme Lacy?

October so far: 63.8mm vs 82.6mm October average — 23% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.

Where is the nearest rain gauge to Holme Lacy?

Rainfall gauge nr Holme Lacy is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Holme Lacy's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.

How many rain days has Holme Lacy had this month?

18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Holme Lacy, against a full-month average of 17.7 rain days.

What was the wettest year in Holme Lacy?

2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,045 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 744 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 504 mm.

What is the wettest day on record in Holme Lacy?

23 Sep 2012: 69.8 mm on average across 4 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 Holme Lacy's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.