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How much rain fell in Ludford Magna, 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 Ludford Magna (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 Tealby nr Tealby | 5.8km | 0.8mm | 33.2mm | 87.8mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr East Lindsey nr East Lindsey | 8.3km | 0.0mm | 47.6mm | 93.0mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Louth nr Louth | 11.5km | 0.0mm | 43.5mm | 89.2mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 13.7mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Tealby, against a full-month average of 18.6 rain days (based on 14 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 498 mm (1 Jan to 27 Oct), against 547 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 9% 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: 2019 (937 mm). Driest: 2003 (469 mm). Average: 692 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.
Ludford Magna gets about 767 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 76 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), 2.6 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Ludford Magna's monitored area.
Village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England
Ludford is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The parish is composed of the villages of Ludford Magna and Ludford Parva. In 2011 the parish had a population of 460.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.1mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Ludford Magna.
October so far: 79.0mm vs 73.1mm October average — 8% wetter. Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Tealby is the nearest rain gauge, 5.8km from the centre of Ludford Magna's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Tealby, against a full-month average of 18.6 rain days.
2019 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 937 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 692 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 469 mm.
10 Jun 2019: 61.9 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 Ludford Magna's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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