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How much rain fell in Long Newnton, 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 Long Newnton (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 05:05 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 Long Newnton | 0.0km | 8.0mm | 78.8mm | 118.2mm | 0.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Shipton Moyne nr Shipton Moyne | 4.1km | 10.5mm | 81.7mm | 124.9mm | 0.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Avening nr Avening | 5.7km | 5.8mm | 61.4mm | 101.8mm | 0.2mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 21.6mm.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Long Newnton, against a full-month average of 19.4 rain days (based on 15 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 577 mm (1 Jan to 27 Oct), against 615 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 6% 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 (1,100 mm). Driest: 2003 (528 mm). Average: 811 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
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.
Long Newnton gets about 879 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 98 mm; driest April, 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), 1.9 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 Long Newnton's monitored area.
3 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Long Newnton's monitored area. None of the 2 with a live status is discharging right now, and 1 has no current status.
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: © Wessex 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 Gloucestershire, England
Long Newnton is a small village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, lying on the B4014 road between Malmesbury and Tetbury. It is near the SW end of the Cotswolds. The population of the parish was 211 at the 2011 census.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
7.1mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Long Newnton.
October so far: 112.4mm vs 86.6mm October average — 30% wetter. Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Long Newnton is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Long Newnton's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Long Newnton, against a full-month average of 19.4 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,100 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 811 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 528 mm.
20 Jul 2007: 47.7 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 63.2 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 Long Newnton's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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