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How much rain fell in Toddington, Central Bedfordshire? 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 Toddington (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated Wed 23:05 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 Woburn nr Woburn | 8.3km | 0.0mm | 33.0mm | 77.2mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ampthill nr Ampthill | 8.7km | 0.2mm | 32.4mm | 66.2mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Lilley nr Lilley | 11.0km | 0.0mm | 35.4mm | 66.4mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 29 Sep–28 Oct. Wettest day: 14.3mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Woburn, against a full-month average of 19.0 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 408 mm (1 Jan to 28 Oct), against 545 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 25% 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 (958 mm). Driest: 2011 (489 mm). Average: 690 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.
Toddington gets about 638 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 68 mm; driest March, 38 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), 2.7 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: Leighton Buzzard, 9.5 km away: no recent reading.
Every gauge on the River Ouzel →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Toddington's monitored area.
5 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Toddington's monitored area. None of the 4 with a live status is discharging right now, and 1 has 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: © Anglian 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.
0.1mm of rain fell yesterday (28 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Toddington.
October so far: 71.9mm vs 72.9mm October average — 1% drier. Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Woburn is the nearest rain gauge, 8.3km from the centre of Toddington's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Woburn, against a full-month average of 19.0 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 958 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 690 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 489 mm.
22 Sep 2024: 88.7 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 93.2 mm at one of them. 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 Toddington's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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