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How much rain fell in Ruskington, Lincolnshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Ruskington, heaviest in the hour to Tue 05:00 (0.4mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 11:05 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 Ruskington | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 19.6mm | 26.7mm | 4.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr North Kesteven nr North Kesteven | 8.7km | 0.5mm | 56.0mm | 84.2mm | 4.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Osbournby nr Osbournby | 12.4km | 0.0mm | 45.6mm | 76.4mm | 3.3mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 11.2mm.
12 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Ruskington, against a full-month average of 16.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 444 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 485 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — 8% drier.
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 (859 mm). Driest: 2011 (417 mm). Average: 613 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
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.
Ruskington gets about 611 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 62 mm; driest March, 37 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), 2.4 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 Discharging now
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Ruskington's monitored area.
8 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Ruskington's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 7 report not discharging.
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.
Village in Lincolnshire, England
Ruskington is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Sleaford on the north–south B1188 road and slightly north of the A153 road. The village contains approximately 2,600 dwellings and is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) in length, measured from east to west. The population of the civil parish was 5,169 at the 2001 census, increasing to 5,637 at the 2011 census and 5,648 at the 2021 census.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.3mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Ruskington.
October so far: 68.3mm vs 68.2mm October average — 0% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Ruskington is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Ruskington's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
12 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Ruskington, against a full-month average of 16.5 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 859 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 613 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 417 mm.
10 Jun 2019: 54.7 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 67.8 mm at one of them. Records since 5 Apr 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 Ruskington's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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