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How much rain fell in Little Rissington, Gloucestershire? 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 Little Rissington (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 Little Rissington | 0.0km | 0.2mm | 59.1mm | 124.3mm | 0.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Stowell nr Stowell | 10.3km | 0.0mm | 60.1mm | 107.4mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Chipping Norton nr Chipping Norton | 13.1km | 15.7mm | 64.5mm | 111.7mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 29 Sep–28 Oct. Wettest day: 18.6mm.
27 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Little Rissington, against a full-month average of 18.3 rain days (based on 23 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 619 mm (1 Jan to 28 Oct), against 614 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 3 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2024 (1,149 mm). Driest: 2011 (514 mm). Average: 801 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 3 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.
Little Rissington gets about 843 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 91 mm; driest June, 56 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: Bourton Windrush, 2.3 km away: 0.09 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Windrush →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Little Rissington's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Little Rissington's monitored area. None of them has a live status we can show 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. Annual spill figures: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring return, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, Open Government Licence (OGL) v3.0.
Village in Gloucestershire
Little Rissington is a village and civil parish about 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) south of Stow-on-the-Wold in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 280.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
5.3mm of rain fell yesterday (28 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Little Rissington.
October so far: 114.5mm vs 84.9mm October average — 35% wetter. Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Little Rissington is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Little Rissington's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
27 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Little Rissington, against a full-month average of 18.3 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,149 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 801 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 514 mm.
20 Jul 2007: 90.1 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 94.4 mm at one of them, during 2007 UK floods. 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 Little Rissington's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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