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What did the nearest Environment Agency gauge measure on a given day?
Put in the site and a date range. The Record tab gives the rainfall measured each day at the nearest Environment Agency gauge, names the station and states how far it is from the site.
Measured, not modelled
A forecast or a reanalysis grid is a model. A rain gauge is a measurement. For each day the record gives the rainfall recorded by the nearest Environment Agency gauge, published under the Open Government Licence, and keeps it apart from the modelled temperature, wind and gusts for the same day, so each figure is labelled for what it is.
The station and the distance
The record names the gauge and states its distance from the site, because a reading from a station two kilometres away and one from twenty are different evidence. Gauge coverage is England: elsewhere the record carries the modelled rainfall and says so.
By the hour
Open any day to see its hours: modelled rain and temperature hour by hour and, where the gauge reports through the day, the measured rainfall by the hour as well, adding up to the day’s total.
Take it with you
Export the range as a CSV for a spreadsheet, or print the dated record from the browser. Both name every source beside its figures, and the CSV carries the site’s short link, so anyone reading it later can open the same site.
Questions people ask
- Is the rainfall measured or modelled?
- Both are shown and kept apart: measured at the nearest Environment Agency gauge where there is one, and modelled from the forecast models’ archive for every day.
- Does it cover Scotland and Wales?
- Measured rainfall depends on Environment Agency gauge coverage, which is England. The modelled figures, daylight and the forecast cover the whole United Kingdom.
- Can I download the record?
- Yes, as a CSV or as a printed record, free and with no sign-up.
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