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How much rain fell in Painswick, Gloucestershire? 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 Painswick (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 Painswick | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 1.6mm | 1.8mm | 0.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Stroud nr Stroud | 4.5km | 6.6mm | 76.0mm | 114.2mm | 9.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Winstone nr Winstone | 9.7km | 6.4mm | 74.7mm | 122.8mm | 4.8mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 15.6mm.
4 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Painswick, against a full-month average of 19.6 rain days (based on 17 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 531 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 673 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 21% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 7 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2024 (1,189 mm). Driest: 2011 (582 mm). Average: 880 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 7 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.
Painswick gets about 888 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 94 mm; driest March, 59 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), 2.6 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: Chalford, 8.5 km away: 0.03 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Frome (Severn) →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Painswick's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Painswick'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: © 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.
Town in Gloucestershire, England
Painswick is a town and civil parish in the Stroud District in Gloucestershire, England. Originally the town grew from the wool trade, but it is now best known for its parish church's yew trees and the local Painswick Rococo Garden. The village is mainly constructed of locally quarried Cotswold stone. Many of the buildings feature south-facing attic rooms once used as weavers' workshops.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
4.4mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Painswick.
October so far: 84.5mm vs 96.6mm October average — 13% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Painswick is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Painswick's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
4 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Painswick, against a full-month average of 19.6 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,189 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 880 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 582 mm.
20 Jul 2007: 75.1 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 97.8 mm at one of them, during 2007 UK floods. 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 Painswick's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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