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How much rain fell in Leominster, Herefordshire? 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 Leominster (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 Leominster | 0.4km | 3.8mm | 35.2mm | 52.0mm | 0.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Orleton nr Orleton | 9.5km | 5.4mm | 46.0mm | 70.1mm | 1.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Wacton nr Wacton | 10.8km | 6.4mm | 49.8mm | 79.3mm | 2.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 13.0mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Leominster, against a full-month average of 18.0 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
The rain gauges near Leominster do not have a long enough daily record yet, so this is the Met Office series for the wider region.
Yearly rainfall 1986–2025, with the dashed line at the 1991–2020 average. Wettest: 2012 (1,084 mm). Driest: 2011 (595 mm). Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Leominster gets about 707 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 78 mm; driest March, 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), 2.5 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: Butts Bridge, 0.5 km away: 0.82 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Lugg →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Leominster's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Leominster's monitored area. None of the 2 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: © 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.
Town in Herefordshire, England
Leominster is a market town in Herefordshire, England; it is located at the confluence of the River Lugg and its tributary the River Kenwater. The town is 12 miles north of Hereford and 7 miles south of Ludlow in Shropshire. With a population of almost 12,000, Leominster is the largest of the five towns in the county; the others being Ross-on-Wye, Ledbury, Bromyard and Kington.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
5.2mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Leominster.
October so far: 67.1mm vs 68.8mm October average — 2% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Leominster is the nearest rain gauge, 0.4km from the centre of Leominster'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 Leominster, against a full-month average of 18.0 rain days.
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 Leominster's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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