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How much rain fell in Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire? 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 Kibworth Harcourt (under 0.2mm).
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 Kibworth Harcourt | 0.0km | 4.4mm | 17.8mm | 19.7mm | 1.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Wistow nr Wistow | 3.5km | 4.0mm | 33.4mm | 59.6mm | 3.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Husbands Bosworth nr Husbands Bosworth | 9.9km | 3.7mm | 37.5mm | 67.6mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 10.6mm.
7 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Kibworth Harcourt, against a full-month average of 16.0 rain days (based on 18 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 467 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 522 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 11% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 7 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (929 mm). Driest: 2011 (419 mm). Average: 661 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 7 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.
Kibworth Harcourt gets about 676 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 67 mm; driest March, 43 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), 1.9 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: Market Harborough, 7.7 km away: 0.18 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Welland →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Kibworth Harcourt's monitored area.
11 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Kibworth Harcourt's monitored area. None of the 10 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: © Anglian Water storm overflow activity data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. 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.
Area/villages in Leicestershire, England
Kibworth is an area of the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, that contains two civil parishes: the villages of Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt. At the 2011 census, Kibworth Beauchamp had a population of 5,433 and Kibworth Harcourt 990. The villages are roughly divided by the Midland Main Line. Kibworth is close to Foxton Locks, Market Harborough, and Leicester.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
4.2mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Kibworth Harcourt.
October so far: 58.2mm vs 70.4mm October average — 17% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Kibworth Harcourt is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Kibworth Harcourt's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
7 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Kibworth Harcourt, against a full-month average of 16.0 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 929 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 661 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 419 mm.
21 Sep 2024: 53.7 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 64.6 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 Kibworth Harcourt's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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