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How much rain fell in Loughborough, Leicestershire? 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 Loughborough (under 0.2mm).
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 Loughborough | 0.0km | 4.8mm | 38.6mm | 66.4mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr North West Leicestershire nr North West Leicestershire | 6.4km | 6.0mm | 40.6mm | 76.6mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Kingston on Soar nr Kingston on Soar | 8.3km | 4.4mm | 33.0mm | 63.1mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 9.4mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Loughborough, against a full-month average of 17.7 rain days (based on 9 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 530 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 547 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
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: 2012 (954 mm). Driest: 2011 (425 mm). Average: 688 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.
Loughborough gets about 745 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 71 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), 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 Storm overflow
Nearest gauge on it: Pillings Lock, 4.8 km away: 1.04 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Soar →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Loughborough's monitored area.
16 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Loughborough's monitored area. None of the 14 with a live status is discharging right now, and 2 have 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: © Severn Trent 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.
Town in Leicestershire, England
Loughborough is a market town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is the administrative centre of Charnwood Borough Council and, in the United Kingdom 2021 census, the town's built-up area had a population of 64,884. The area has been represented since 2024 by Labour Party MP Jeevun Sandher.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
4.8mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Loughborough.
October so far: 65.7mm vs 73.9mm October average — 11% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Loughborough is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Loughborough's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Loughborough, against a full-month average of 17.7 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 954 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 688 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 425 mm.
17 Jul 2001: 67.4 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 86.0 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 Loughborough's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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