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How much rain fell in Potton, Central Bedfordshire? 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 Potton (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 Potton | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth nr Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth | 11.4km | 2.8mm | 36.0mm | 61.8mm | 4.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Newnham nr Newnham | 13.9km | 2.2mm | 35.8mm | 57.0mm | 2.6mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 9.2mm.
0 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Potton, against a full-month average of 17.0 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 352 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 475 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 26% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 5 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (809 mm). Driest: 2025 (382 mm). Average: 594 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 5 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.
Potton gets about 561 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 61 mm; driest March, 34 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), 1.2 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: Roxton, 8.0 km away: 0.44 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Great Ouse →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Potton's monitored area.
4 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Potton's monitored area. None of the 4 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.
Town in Bedfordshire, England
Potton is a town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England, about 10 miles (16 km) east of the county town Bedford. The parish, which includes the hamlet of Deepdale, had a population of 5,728 in 2021. In 1783 the Great Fire of Potton destroyed a large part of the town. The parish church dates from the 13th century, and is dedicated to St Mary. Potton's horse fairs were some of the largest in the country.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
2.1mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Potton.
October so far: 50.9mm vs 60.6mm October average — 16% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Potton is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Potton's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
0 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Potton, against a full-month average of 17.0 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 809 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 594 mm a year. The driest was 2025, with 382 mm.
27 May 2007: 46.0 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 62.6 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 Potton's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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