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How much rain fell in Yelden, Bedford? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Yelden, heaviest in the hour to Tue 05:00 (0.5mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across whose centre is 12 km from Yelden, 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 Yelden | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 37.5mm | 66.9mm | 4.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Thurleigh nr Thurleigh | 8.3km | 0.0mm | 43.8mm | 74.7mm | 3.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Wellingborough nr Wellingborough | 10.7km | 0.0mm | 40.3mm | 68.6mm | 4.4mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 13.0mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Yelden, against a full-month average of 16.9 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
One bar per calendar year, the average of 3 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2006 (1,092 mm). Driest: 2003 (347 mm). Average: 632 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 3 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.
Yelden gets about 632 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 65 mm; driest March, 40 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), 1.1 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: Sharnbrook, 8.4 km away: 0.34 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Great Ouse →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Yelden's monitored area.
3 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Yelden's monitored area. None of the 3 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: © 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.
Village in Bedfordshire, England
Yelden or Yielden is a village in the civil parish of Melchbourne and Yielden, in the Bedford borough of Bedfordshire, England, near the borders with Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire. It lies on the River Til which feeds into the Great Ouse valley and is about 70 m (230 ft) above sea level. It is approximately 14 miles (23 km) north of Bedford, 3.75 miles (6.04 km) south-east of Higham Ferrers and 6.75 miles (10.86 km) west of Kimbolton.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Yelden.
October so far: 70.1mm vs 64.9mm October average — 8% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Yelden is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Yelden's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Yelden, against a full-month average of 16.9 rain days.
2006 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,092 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 632 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 347 mm.
19 May 2006: 102.8 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 195.4 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 Yelden's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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