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How much rain fell in North West Leicestershire, 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 North West Leicestershire (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 West Leicestershire | 0.0km | 0.2mm | 32.8mm | 77.0mm | 0.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Loughborough nr Loughborough | 6.4km | 0.0mm | 31.6mm | 66.4mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Thornton nr Thornton | 9.3km | 1.4mm | 29.8mm | 60.6mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 29 Sep–28 Oct. Wettest day: 9.4mm.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr North West Leicestershire, against a full-month average of 19.1 rain days (based on 9 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 544 mm (1 Jan to 28 Oct), against 560 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 5 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (975 mm). Driest: 2011 (438 mm). Average: 699 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 5 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 West Leicestershire gets about 745 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 73 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), 2.3 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 North West Leicestershire's monitored area.
22 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of North West Leicestershire's monitored area. None of the 20 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.
Non-metropolitan district in England
North West Leicestershire is a local government district in Leicestershire, England. The towns in the district include of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Castle Donington, Coalville and Ibstock. Notable villages in the district include Donington le Heath, Ellistown, Hugglescote, Kegworth, Measham, Shackerstone, Thringstone and Whitwick.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.8mm of rain fell yesterday (28 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of North West Leicestershire.
October so far: 66.7mm vs 75.1mm October average — 11% drier. Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr North West Leicestershire is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of North West Leicestershire's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr North West Leicestershire, against a full-month average of 19.1 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 975 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 699 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 438 mm.
17 Jul 2001: 66.4 mm on average across 5 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 North West Leicestershire's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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