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How much rain fell in Northampton, West Northamptonshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 5.3mm of rain forecast for the area around Northampton, heaviest in the hour to Mon 12:00 (2.6mm).
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 Pitsford nr Pitsford | 0.0km | 10.1mm | 41.1mm | 63.5mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Hannington nr Hannington | 7.2km | 4.8mm | 33.0mm | 50.6mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Coton nr Coton | 7.9km | 2.8mm | 29.8mm | 51.6mm | 3.2mm |
Daily totals 25 Sep–24 Oct. Wettest day: 10.2mm.
13 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Pitsford, against a full-month average of 14.1 rain days (based on 21 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 404 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 498 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 19% 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 (952 mm). Driest: 2003 (362 mm). Average: 633 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.
Northampton gets about 670 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 68 mm; driest March, 42 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), 2.1 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
Nearest gauge on it: Brixworth, 3.0 km away: 0.06 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Nene →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Northampton's monitored area.
9 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Northampton's monitored area. None of the 8 with a live status is discharging right now, and 1 has 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: © 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.
County town of Northamptonshire, England
Northampton is a town and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is the county town of Northamptonshire and the administrative centre of the unitary authority of West Northamptonshire. The town is situated on the River Nene, 60 miles (97 km) north-west of London and 50 miles (80 km) south-east of Birmingham. Northampton is one of the largest towns in England; the population of its overall urban area was recorded as 249,093 in the 2021 census. The parish of Northampton alone had 137,387.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
8.5mm of rain fell yesterday (24 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Northampton.
October so far: 60.2mm vs 66.9mm October average — 10% 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 Pitsford is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Northampton's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
13 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Pitsford, against a full-month average of 14.1 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 952 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 633 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 362 mm.
21 Sep 2024: 48.3 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 57.2 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 Northampton's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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