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How much rain fell in Taplow, Windsor and Maidenhead? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.9mm of rain forecast for the area around Taplow, heaviest in the hour to 21:00 (0.6mm).
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 Old Windsor nr Old Windsor | 9.5km | 18.2mm | 45.7mm | 72.9mm | 12.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Binfield nr Binfield | 10.0km | 13.8mm | 51.8mm | 79.8mm | 10.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Greater London nr Greater London | 16.6km | 22.4mm | 46.8mm | 68.4mm | 10.0mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 16.0mm.
13 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Old Windsor, against a full-month average of 15.9 rain days (based on 22 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 440 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 483 mm by the same date in an average year (2005–2025) — 9% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 2 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2014 (890 mm). Driest: 2005 (478 mm). Average: 630 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 2 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.
Taplow gets about 660 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 75 mm; driest March, 41 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
Nearest gauge on it: Bray Lock, 0.7 km away: 0.23 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 Taplow's monitored area.
3 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Taplow's monitored area. The 1 with a live status is not discharging right now, and 2 have no current status.
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.
Village in Buckinghamshire, England
Taplow is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. It sits on the left bank of the River Thames, facing Maidenhead in the neighbouring county of Berkshire, with Cippenham and Burnham to the east. It is the south-westernmost settlement in Buckinghamshire.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
16.0mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Taplow.
October so far: 76.4mm vs 69.2mm October average — 10% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Old Windsor is the nearest rain gauge, 9.5km from the centre of Taplow's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
13 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Old Windsor, against a full-month average of 15.9 rain days.
2014 was the wettest year in the record since 2005, with 890 mm from the average of 2 local rain gauges, against an average of 630 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 478 mm.
2 Oct 2020: 41.8 mm on average across 2 local rain gauges, and up to 42.6 mm at one of them. Records since 1 Mar 2004.
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 Taplow's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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