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How much rain fell in Wacton, Herefordshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 3.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Wacton, heaviest in the hour to Tue 03:00 (1.8mm).
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.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Wacton | 0.0km | 0.2mm | 50.6mm | 77.3mm | 6.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Leominster nr Leominster | 11.0km | 0.4mm | 37.8mm | 51.4mm | 3.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Suckley nr Suckley | 11.4km | 0.2mm | 60.8mm | 81.1mm | 5.8mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 15.3mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Wacton, against a full-month average of 21.0 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 531 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 570 mm by the same date in an average year (2004–2025) — 7% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 5 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (1,023 mm). Driest: 2011 (466 mm). Average: 730 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 5 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.
Wacton gets about 773 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 82 mm; driest March, 52 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), 1.9 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: Bromyard, 5.1 km away: 0.12 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Frome (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 Wacton's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Wacton'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 and civil parish in Herefordshire, England
Wacton is a small village and civil parish in the county of Herefordshire, England, and 5 miles (8 km) north-west from Bromyard.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.2mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Wacton.
October so far: 68.5mm vs 76.8mm October average — 11% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Wacton is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Wacton's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Wacton, against a full-month average of 21.0 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2004, with 1,023 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 730 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 466 mm.
20 Jul 2007: 73.8 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 83.8 mm at one of them, during 2007 UK floods. Records since 31 Jan 2003.
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 Wacton's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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