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How much rain fell in Ropsley, Lincolnshire? 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 Ropsley (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 05:05 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 Ropsley | 0.0km | 3.9mm | 39.7mm | 83.1mm | 0.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr South Kesteven nr South Kesteven | 7.4km | 4.0mm | 41.0mm | 85.0mm | 1.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Osbournby nr Osbournby | 8.7km | 3.3mm | 40.6mm | 76.6mm | 0.2mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 11.7mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Ropsley, against a full-month average of 15.0 rain days (based on 23 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 453 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 474 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 4 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (893 mm). Driest: 2005 (368 mm). Average: 598 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 4 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.
Ropsley gets about 644 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 65 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), 2.7 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Ropsley's monitored area.
Village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England
Ropsley is a village in the civil parish of Ropsley and Humby, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) east of Grantham.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.9mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Ropsley.
October so far: 81.3mm vs 65.6mm October average — 24% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Ropsley is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Ropsley'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 Ropsley, against a full-month average of 15.0 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 893 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 598 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 368 mm.
17 Jul 2001: 72.8 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 106.5 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 Ropsley's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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