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How much rain fell in Louth, Lincolnshire? 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 Louth (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.
Chance of rain in Louth
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: less than 5% chance of more than 1 mm, less than 5% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: less than 5% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Wed 28 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 1.0 km from Louth. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Louth | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 43.5mm | 89.3mm | 0.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr East Lindsey (south-east) nr East Lindsey | 2.6km | 0.0mm | 43.6mm | 86.0mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr East Lindsey (south-west) nr East Lindsey | 7.2km | 0.0mm | 47.6mm | 93.0mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 14.2mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Louth, against a full-month average of 17.8 rain days (based on 14 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 513 mm (1 Jan to 27 Oct), against 540 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 5% 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: 2012 (932 mm). Driest: 2003 (430 mm). Average: 682 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.
Louth gets about 716 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 70 mm; driest March, 44 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), 1.1 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 Louth's monitored area.
16 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Louth's monitored area. None of the 16 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.
Market town in Lincolnshire, England
Louth is a market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. Louth serves as an important town for a large rural area of eastern Lincolnshire. Visitor attractions include St James' Church, Hubbard's Hills, the market, many independent retailers, and Lincolnshire's last remaining cattle market.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Louth.
October so far: 83.0mm vs 75.0mm October average — 11% wetter. Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Louth is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Louth'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 Louth, against a full-month average of 17.8 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 932 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 682 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 430 mm.
10 Jun 2019: 72.2 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 95.8 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 Louth's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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