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How much rain fell in Romsey, Hampshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 3.7mm of rain forecast for the area around Romsey, heaviest in the hour to Tue 05:00 (2.4mm).
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 Romsey
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: more than 95% chance of more than 1 mm, 75% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: more than 95% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point under 1 km from Romsey. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Romsey | 0.0km | 0.5mm | 79.4mm | 108.6mm | 7.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr New Forest nr New Forest | 5.2km | 0.3mm | 90.2mm | 122.9mm | 7.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Otterbourne nr Otterbourne | 11.1km | 0.1mm | 77.8mm | 105.8mm | 8.3mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 23.6mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Romsey, against a full-month average of 17.1 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 733 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 656 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — 12% wetter.
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: 2014 (1,243 mm). Driest: 2003 (493 mm). Average: 882 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.
Romsey gets about 860 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 106 mm; driest July, 50 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), 2.0 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: Ower, 5.1 km away: 0.18 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Blackwater →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Romsey's monitored area.
7 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Romsey's monitored area. None of the 7 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: © Southern 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 Hampshire, England
Romsey is a town and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. The town is situated 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Southampton, 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Winchester and 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Salisbury. It sits on the outskirts of the New Forest, just over 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of its eastern edge. The population of the parish of Romsey was 14,768 at the 2011 census.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.4mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Romsey.
October so far: 118.7mm vs 108.7mm October average — 9% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Romsey is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Romsey's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Romsey, against a full-month average of 17.1 rain days.
2014 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 1,243 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 882 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 493 mm.
23 Dec 2013: 53.7 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 60.0 mm at one of them, during 2013-14 UK winter 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 Romsey's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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