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How much rain fell in Nanpantan, Leicestershire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 5.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Nanpantan, heaviest in the hour to Mon 11:00 (2.7mm).
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 Loughborough nr Loughborough | 0.0km | 10.8mm | 42.0mm | 61.6mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr North West Leicestershire nr North West Leicestershire | 6.4km | 9.2mm | 47.0mm | 70.6mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Kingston on Soar nr Kingston on Soar | 8.2km | 9.6mm | 36.0mm | 58.7mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 25 Sep–24 Oct. Wettest day: 9.4mm.
15 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: 525 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 543 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.
Nanpantan 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: 1.07 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 Nanpantan's monitored area.
16 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Nanpantan'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.
Suburb and ward of Loughborough in Leicestershire, England
Nanpantan is a historic village, ward and suburb of Loughborough, in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is located in the south-west of the town of Loughborough. It is home to Nanpantan Reservoir.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
9.1mm of rain fell yesterday (24 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Nanpantan.
October so far: 60.4mm vs 73.9mm October average — 18% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 25 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 Nanpantan's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
15 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 Nanpantan's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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