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How much rain fell in Lincoln, Lincolnshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.7mm of rain forecast for the area around Lincoln, heaviest in the hour to 21:00 (1.6mm).
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 Bracebridge nr Bracebridge | 0.1km | 10.6mm | 32.8mm | 56.2mm | 4.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Waddington nr Waddington | 5.1km | 12.2mm | 39.8mm | 74.2mm | 4.7mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Fiskerton nr Fiskerton | 9.5km | 7.6mm | 29.0mm | 53.5mm | 6.0mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 10.3mm.
13 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Bracebridge, against a full-month average of 18.4 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 451 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 482 mm by the same date in an average year (2011–2025) — 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: 2023 (827 mm). Driest: 2011 (475 mm). Average: 623 mm a year.
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.
Lincoln gets about 645 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month July, 63 mm; driest March, 38 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.
Rain gauge River gauge Storm overflow
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Lincoln's monitored area.
5 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Lincoln's monitored area. None of the 5 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: © Anglian 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.
Cathedral city in Lincolnshire, England
Lincoln is a cathedral city and district in Lincolnshire, England, of which it is the county town. In the 2021 census, the city's district had a population of 103,813. The 2021 census gave the urban area of Lincoln, including Bracebridge Heath, North Hykeham, South Hykeham and Waddington, a recorded population of 127,540.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
9.7mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Lincoln.
October so far: 60.6mm vs 67.4mm October average — 10% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Bracebridge is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Lincoln's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
13 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Bracebridge, against a full-month average of 18.4 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2011, with 827 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 623 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 475 mm.
10 Jun 2019: 55.8 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 59.0 mm at one of them. Records since 1 Jan 2011.
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 Lincoln's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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