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How much rain fell in Kingston on Soar, Nottinghamshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.3mm of rain forecast for the area around Kingston on Soar, heaviest in the hour to 04:00 (0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated Mon 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 Kingston on Soar | 0.0km | 4.4mm | 33.0mm | 63.1mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Loughborough nr Loughborough | 8.3km | 4.8mm | 38.6mm | 66.4mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Draycott nr Draycott | 10.0km | 5.4mm | 29.2mm | 60.3mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 9.8mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Kingston on Soar, against a full-month average of 15.9 rain days (based on 9 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 534 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 531 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
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 (938 mm). Driest: 2011 (403 mm). Average: 671 mm a year.
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.
Kingston on Soar gets about 624 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month June, 65 mm; driest February, 37 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), 2.1 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: Shardlow, 6.5 km away: 1.08 m Falling slightly ▼.
Every gauge on the River Trent →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Kingston on Soar's monitored area.
13 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Kingston on Soar's monitored area. None of the 13 with a live status is discharging right now.
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.
Village in Nottinghamshire, England
Kingston on Soar is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
4.8mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Kingston on Soar.
October so far: 66.2mm vs 73.1mm October average — 9% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Kingston on Soar is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Kingston on Soar's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Kingston on Soar, against a full-month average of 15.9 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 938 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 671 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 403 mm.
17 Jul 2001: 77.5 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 86.0 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 Kingston on Soar's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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