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How much rain fell in Peterborough, North Northamptonshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Peterborough, heaviest in the hour to Tue 06:00 (0.8mm).
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.
Chance of rain in Peterborough
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 90% chance of more than 1 mm, 5% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: 90% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point under 1 km from Peterborough. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Peterborough | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 37.2mm | 66.4mm | 4.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Wittering nr Wittering | 6.1km | 0.2mm | 40.1mm | 73.0mm | 4.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Cotterstock nr Cotterstock | 8.1km | 0.0mm | 7.7mm | 13.0mm | 4.1mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 10.3mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Peterborough, against a full-month average of 15.9 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 447 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 508 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 12% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 8 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (898 mm). Driest: 2011 (400 mm). Average: 644 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 8 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.
Peterborough gets about 647 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 66 mm; driest March, 41 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), 1.4 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: Tixover, 4.8 km away: 0.44 m Rising slightly ▲.
Every gauge on the River Welland →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Peterborough's monitored area.
3 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Peterborough's monitored area. None of the 3 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: © 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.
City in Cambridgeshire, England
Peterborough is a cathedral city in the City of Peterborough district in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. The city is 74 miles (119 km) north of London, on the River Nene. As of the 2021 census, the Peterborough urban area had a population of 192,178, In 2023, the Peterborough City Council estimated the population of the wider district to be 219,510.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of Peterborough.
October so far: 52.9mm vs 68.3mm October average — 23% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Peterborough is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Peterborough's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Peterborough, against a full-month average of 15.9 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 898 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 644 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 400 mm.
9 Aug 2004: 65.8 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 125.4 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 Peterborough's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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