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How much rain fell in Swindon, Swindon? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 3.6mm of rain forecast for the area around Swindon, heaviest in the hour to Tue 04:00 (1.9mm).
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.
Chance of rain in Swindon
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: more than 95% chance of more than 1 mm, 95% chance of more than 4 mm and 10% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: more than 95% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 04:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 3.1 km from Swindon. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Swindon | 0.4km | 0.0mm | 80.2mm | 105.7mm | 3.7mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Royal Wootton Bassett nr Royal Wootton Bassett | 7.2km | 0.0mm | 76.1mm | 101.4mm | 3.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr South Cerney nr South Cerney | 14.7km | 0.1mm | 68.5mm | 94.9mm | 4.0mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 23.0mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Swindon, against a full-month average of 18.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 494 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 581 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 15% 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: 2023 (1,037 mm). Driest: 2011 (576 mm). Average: 771 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.
Swindon gets about 718 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 75 mm; driest March, 46 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), 1.7 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 Storm overflow
Nearest gauge on it: Cricklade, 9.1 km away: 0.09 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Thames →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Swindon's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Swindon's monitored area. None of them has a live status we can show 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: © Thames 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 Wiltshire, England
Swindon is a town in Wiltshire, England. At the time of the 2021 census, the population of the built-up area was 224,942, making it the largest settlement in the county. Located at the northeastern edge of the South West England region, Swindon lies on the M4 corridor, 84 miles (135 km) to the west of London and 36 miles (57 km) to the east of Bristol. The Cotswolds lie just to the town's north and the North Wessex Downs lie just to the town's south. It is the centre of Swindon unitary authority.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Swindon.
October so far: 100.7mm vs 88.0mm October average — 14% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Swindon is the nearest rain gauge, 0.4km from the centre of Swindon'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 Swindon, against a full-month average of 18.5 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,037 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 771 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 576 mm.
20 Jul 2007: 52.2 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 63.2 mm at one of them, during 2007 UK 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 Swindon's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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