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How much rain fell in North Kesteven, 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 North Kesteven (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.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr North Kesteven | 0.0km | 4.3mm | 48.2mm | 84.7mm | 0.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ruskington nr Ruskington | 8.7km | 4.0mm | 22.6mm | 27.0mm | 0.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Brant Broughton nr Brant Broughton | 9.5km | 3.8mm | 30.0mm | 67.8mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 11.6mm.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr North Kesteven, against a full-month average of 26.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 436 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 478 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 9% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 4 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (815 mm). Driest: 2011 (407 mm). Average: 600 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 4 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.
North Kesteven gets about 608 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 61 mm; driest March, 37 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), 2.8 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 North Kesteven's monitored area.
District in England
North Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Sleaford. The district also contains the town of North Hykeham, which adjoins the neighbouring city of Lincoln, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.9mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of North Kesteven.
October so far: 64.0mm vs 67.7mm October average — 5% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr North Kesteven is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of North Kesteven's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr North Kesteven, against a full-month average of 26.5 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 815 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 600 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 407 mm.
10 Jun 2019: 56.8 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 67.8 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 North Kesteven's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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