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How much rain fell in Lilley, Hertfordshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 3.9mm of rain forecast for the area around Lilley, heaviest in the hour to Tue 06:00 (2.7mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 11:05 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 Lilley | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 42.4mm | 60.0mm | 3.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr St Ippolyts nr St Ippolyts | 9.1km | 0.0mm | 53.6mm | 78.6mm | 3.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr St Paul's Walden nr St Paul's Walden | 10.6km | 0.0mm | 52.0mm | 80.1mm | 3.1mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 16.4mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Lilley, against a full-month average of 17.4 rain days (based on 19 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 426 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 511 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 17% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 6 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2024 (897 mm). Driest: 2011 (480 mm). Average: 655 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 6 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.
Lilley gets about 675 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 71 mm; driest March, 41 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), 1.5 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
Nearest gauge on it: Luton, Stockingstone Road, 5.1 km away: 0.03 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Lee →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Lilley's monitored area.
Village in Hertfordshire, England
Lilley is a village and civil parish in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It lies 3 miles (5 km) north-east of the centre of Luton, its post town, and 4 miles (6 km) west of Hitchin. The parish had a population of 384 at the 2021 census.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Lilley.
October so far: 69.1mm vs 71.3mm October average — 3% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Lilley is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Lilley'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 Lilley, against a full-month average of 17.4 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 897 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 655 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 480 mm.
22 Sep 2024: 66.8 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 93.2 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 Lilley's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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