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How much rain fell in Overseal, Derbyshire? 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 Overseal (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 23:05 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 Overseal | 0.0km | 6.0mm | 35.6mm | 59.9mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Stretton nr Stretton | 11.3km | 6.2mm | 31.4mm | 54.5mm | 1.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Needwood nr Needwood | 14.5km | 5.2mm | 38.4mm | 61.4mm | 0.4mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 8.9mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Overseal, against a full-month average of 17.7 rain days (based on 16 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 580 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 551 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 5% wetter.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 3 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2019 (927 mm). Driest: 2003 (437 mm). Average: 698 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 3 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.
Overseal gets about 668 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 67 mm; driest March, 43 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 Storm overflow
Nearest gauge on it: Drakelow, 7.5 km away: 1.37 m Falling ▼.
Every gauge on the River Trent →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Overseal's monitored area.
27 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Overseal's monitored area. None of the 27 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: © 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.
Village in Derbyshire, England
Overseal is a village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Swadlincote, 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch and 13 miles (21 km) south-southwest of Derby. It had a population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,450. Situated within the National Forest area, it is near the villages of Netherseal and Lullington as well as being close to the border with Leicestershire. It is one of the southernmost settlements in Derbyshire.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
5.8mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Overseal.
October so far: 58.6mm vs 73.0mm October average — 20% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Overseal is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Overseal's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Overseal, against a full-month average of 17.7 rain days.
2019 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 927 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 698 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 437 mm.
17 Jul 2001: 61.3 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 63.0 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 Overseal's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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