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How much rain fell in Reading, Wokingham? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 5.1mm of rain forecast for the area around Reading, heaviest in the hour to 22:00 (1.9mm).
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 Lower Earley nr Lower Earley | 0.1km | 12.8mm | 56.4mm | 79.5mm | 7.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Binfield nr Binfield | 11.9km | 13.8mm | 51.8mm | 78.6mm | 9.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Goring-on-Thames nr Goring-on-Thames | 17.0km | 19.3mm | 54.8mm | 79.8mm | 9.2mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 16.3mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Lower Earley, against a full-month average of 16.2 rain days (based on 13 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 445 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 516 mm by the same date in an average year (2014–2025) — 14% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 2 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (912 mm). Driest: 2015 (526 mm). Average: 659 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 2 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.
Reading gets about 652 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 73 mm; driest March, 40 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: Caversham Lock, 2.8 km away: 0.20 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Thames →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Reading's monitored area.
3 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Reading'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: © Thames 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 and borough in Berkshire, England
Reading is a town and borough in Berkshire, England, and the county town of Berkshire. It is Berkshire's largest town, with a total population of 203,795 in its built-up area as of 2021. Most of its built-up area lies within the Borough of Reading, although some outer suburbs are parts of neighbouring local authority areas. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the rivers Thames and Kennet.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
13.3mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Reading.
October so far: 79.1mm vs 73.8mm October average — 7% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Lower Earley is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Reading's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Lower Earley, against a full-month average of 16.2 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2014, with 912 mm from the average of 2 local rain gauges, against an average of 659 mm a year. The driest was 2015, with 526 mm.
2 Oct 2020: 42.4 mm on average across 2 local rain gauges, and up to 43.7 mm at one of them. Records since 19 Mar 2013.
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 Reading's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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