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How much rain fell in Wistow, Leicestershire? 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 Wistow (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 Wistow | 0.0km | 3.4mm | 33.8mm | 59.6mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Kibworth Harcourt nr Kibworth Harcourt | 3.5km | 1.4mm | 19.2mm | 19.7mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Husbands Bosworth nr Husbands Bosworth | 9.9km | 0.0mm | 30.1mm | 67.6mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 10.4mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Wistow, against a full-month average of 18.0 rain days (based on 18 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 471 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 523 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 10% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 8 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (921 mm). Driest: 2011 (420 mm). Average: 661 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 8 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.
Wistow gets about 676 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 67 mm; driest March, 43 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), 2.8 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: Great Glen, 3.3 km away: 0.90 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Sence →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Wistow's monitored area.
12 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Wistow's monitored area. None of the 11 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: © Severn Trent Water storm overflow activity data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. 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.
Civil parish in Leicestershire, England
Wistow is a deserted medieval village and civil parish in the Harborough district, in the English county of Leicestershire, and lies seven miles south-east of the city of Leicester in the valley of the River Sence. Since 1 April 1936 it has included most of the former civil parish of Newton Harcourt which was a chapelry of Wistow. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 256.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.4mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of Wistow.
October so far: 59.6mm vs 70.6mm October average — 16% drier. Figures are the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Wistow is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Wistow's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Wistow, against a full-month average of 18.0 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 921 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 661 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 420 mm.
21 Sep 2024: 50.4 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 64.6 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 Wistow's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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