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How much rain fell in Orleton, Herefordshire? 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 Orleton (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 Orleton | 0.0km | 5.4mm | 46.0mm | 70.1mm | 1.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Leominster nr Leominster | 9.2km | 3.8mm | 35.2mm | 52.0mm | 0.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Bickley nr Bickley | 13.1km | 4.2mm | 47.6mm | 74.2mm | 0.6mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 14.2mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Orleton, against a full-month average of 15.2 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 511 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 542 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — 6% 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 (1,045 mm). Driest: 2003 (255 mm). Average: 697 mm a year.
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.
Orleton gets about 726 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 76 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), 2.2 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: Ludlow Teme, 6.5 km away: 1.01 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Teme →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Orleton's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Orleton's monitored area. None of the 2 with a live status is discharging right now.
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: © Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, from its Storm Overflow Map.
Village in Herefordshire, England
Orleton is a small village and civil parish in northern Herefordshire, England, at grid reference SO493672. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 794. The village is midway between the market towns of Ludlow and Leominster, both 5 miles (8.0 km) away.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
4.4mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Orleton.
October so far: 70.4mm vs 74.9mm October average — 6% 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 Orleton is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Orleton's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Orleton, against a full-month average of 15.2 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 1,045 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 697 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 255 mm.
20 Jul 2007: 63.1 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 63.8 mm at one of them, during 2007 UK floods. Records since 11 Apr 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 Orleton's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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