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How much rain fell in Sling, Gloucestershire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals from the nearest Environment Agency rain gauges, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 4.1mm of rain forecast for the area around Sling, heaviest in the hour to Tue 03:00 (3.0mm).
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 Sling | 0.0km | 0.2mm | 65.8mm | 97.0mm | 5.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Stroud nr Stroud | 18.9km | 0.0mm | 53.8mm | 69.6mm | 3.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Cromhall nr Cromhall | 20.5km | 0.2mm | 61.3mm | 88.0mm | 5.0mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 23.6mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Sling, against a full-month average of 18.8 rain days (based on 24 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 752 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 816 mm by the same date in an average year (2003–2025) — 8% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the local rain gauge: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2014 (1,430 mm). Driest: 2003 (684 mm). Average: 1,087 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the local rain gauge, for UTC days. 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.
Sling gets about 1,056 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 119 mm; driest July, 65 mm). That is close to 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), 0.6 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Sling's monitored area.
6 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Sling's monitored area. None of the 6 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: © Severn Trent Water storm overflow activity data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Live status: © Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, from its Storm Overflow Map. Annual spill figures: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring return, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, Open Government Licence (OGL) v3.0.
Village in Gloucestershire, England
Sling is a village in Gloucestershire, England. The village is located between Clearwell and Bream. It is just south of the village of Milkwall.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.2mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from Rainfall gauge nr Sling, the nearest reporting rain gauge to Sling (0.0km away).
October so far: 97.0mm vs 121.3mm October average — 20% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are from Rainfall gauge nr Sling.
Rainfall gauge nr Sling is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Sling's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Sling, against a full-month average of 18.8 rain days.
2014 was the wettest year in the record since 2003, with 1,430 mm from the local rain gauge, against an average of 1,087 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 684 mm.
23 Sep 2012: 72.4 mm at the local rain gauge. Records since 19 Feb 2002.
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 Sling's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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