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How much rain fell in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire? 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 Tewkesbury (under 0.2mm).
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 Tewkesbury | 0.0km | 4.6mm | 49.4mm | 68.9mm | 1.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr May Hill nr May Hill | 9.9km | 6.2mm | 57.0mm | 86.9mm | 4.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Painswick nr Painswick | 12.0km | 0.0mm | 1.6mm | 1.8mm | 0.2mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 11.5mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Tewkesbury, against a full-month average of 17.2 rain days (based on 17 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 511 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 620 mm by the same date in an average year (2002–2025) — 18% 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: 2024 (1,089 mm). Driest: 2003 (526 mm). Average: 816 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.
Tewkesbury gets about 716 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 75 mm; driest March, 45 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), 2.6 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
Nearest gauge on it: Gloucester, 1.9 km away: 0.84 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Severn →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Tewkesbury's monitored area.
8 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Tewkesbury's monitored area. None of the 8 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. Annual spill figures: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring return, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, Open Government Licence (OGL) v3.0.
Town in Gloucestershire, England
Tewkesbury is a market town and civil parish in the north of Gloucestershire, England. The town grew following the construction of Tewkesbury Abbey in the twelfth century and played a significant role in the Wars of the Roses. It stands at the confluence of the River Severn and the River Avon, and became an important trading point. The town gives its name to the Borough of Tewkesbury. The town lies near the border with Worcestershire, marked largely by the Carrant Brook.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.5mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Tewkesbury.
October so far: 57.6mm vs 93.4mm October average — 38% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Tewkesbury is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Tewkesbury'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 Tewkesbury, against a full-month average of 17.2 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2002, with 1,089 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 816 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 526 mm.
19 Oct 2023: 59.4 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 142.0 mm at one of them, during Storm Babet. Records since 24 Jun 2001.
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 Tewkesbury's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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