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How much rain fell in South Holland, 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 South Holland (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 South Holland | 0.0km | 0.6mm | 36.3mm | 80.4mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Holbeach CP nr Holbeach CP | 10.7km | 0.0mm | 34.4mm | 75.4mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Boston nr Boston | 14.3km | 0.8mm | 28.8mm | 64.8mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 10.6mm.
23 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr South Holland, against a full-month average of 22.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 423 mm (1 Jan to 27 Oct), against 502 mm by the same date in an average year (2012–2025) — 16% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 3 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2019 (827 mm). Driest: 2013 (516 mm). Average: 635 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 3 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.
South Holland gets about 619 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 64 mm; driest March, 36 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), 1.5 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 South Holland's monitored area.
Non-metropolitan district in England
South Holland is a local government district of Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Spalding. Other notable towns and villages include Crowland, Sutton Bridge, Donington, Holbeach and Long Sutton. The district is named after the historical division of Lincolnshire known as the Parts of Holland.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.5mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of South Holland.
October so far: 73.5mm vs 66.3mm October average — 11% wetter. Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr South Holland is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of South Holland's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
23 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr South Holland, against a full-month average of 22.5 rain days.
2019 was the wettest year in the record since 2012, with 827 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 635 mm a year. The driest was 2013, with 516 mm.
10 Jun 2019: 73.8 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 79.6 mm at one of them. Records since 16 May 2011.
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 South Holland's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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