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How much rain fell in Vowchurch, Herefordshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: little or no rain forecast for the area around Vowchurch (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated Tue 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 Vowchurch | 0.3km | 2.0mm | 36.6mm | 65.3mm | 0.0mm |
| Tafalog River Station | 11.7km | 6.0mm | 87.6mm | 130.4mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Hereford nr Hereford | 12.8km | 1.0mm | 30.2mm | 57.6mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 14.3mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Vowchurch, against a full-month average of 16.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 554 mm (1 Jan to 27 Oct), against 586 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 5% 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: 2012 (1,056 mm). Driest: 2022 (498 mm). Average: 755 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.
Vowchurch gets about 885 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 101 mm; driest July, 53 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), 1.0 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: Bredwardine, 8.8 km away: 1.75 m Falling ▼.
Every gauge on the River Wye →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Vowchurch's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Vowchurch's monitored area. The 1 with a live status is not 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: © Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, from its Storm Overflow Map. Annual spill figures: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring return, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, Open Government Licence (OGL) v3.0.
Village in Herefordshire, England
Vowchurch is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, situated in the Golden Valley, on the River Dore. The village is about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Hereford. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 163, increasing to 176 according to the 2011 census.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.1mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Vowchurch.
October so far: 84.4mm vs 94.0mm October average — 10% drier. Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Vowchurch is the nearest rain gauge, 0.3km from the centre of Vowchurch'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 Vowchurch, against a full-month average of 16.5 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,056 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 755 mm a year. The driest was 2022, with 498 mm.
23 Sep 2012: 72.4 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 81.4 mm at one of them. Records since 1 Jan 2000.
Rainfall data: Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales 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 Vowchurch's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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