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How much rain fell in Acle, Norfolk? Daily, weekly and monthly totals from the nearest Environment Agency rain gauges, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.8mm of rain forecast for the area around Acle, heaviest in the hour to Tue 11:00 (0.7mm).
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 Acle | 0.1km | 0.0mm | 50.5mm | 88.4mm | 1.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Poringland nr Poringland | 15.2km | 0.0mm | 37.8mm | 67.0mm | 1.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Corton nr Corton | 17.5km | 0.0mm | 48.8mm | 90.5mm | 1.2mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 24.6mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Acle, against a full-month average of 18.5 rain days (based on 24 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 518 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 490 mm by the same date in an average year (2003–2025) — 6% wetter.
One bar per calendar year, the local rain gauge: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (1,093 mm). Driest: 2011 (458 mm). Average: 636 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the local rain gauge, for UTC days. 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.
Acle gets about 627 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 67 mm; driest April, 35 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), 3.0 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: Acle Bridge, 1.9 km away: 0.53 mAOD Falling ▼.
Every gauge on the River Bure →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Acle's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Acle'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: © 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.
Town in Norfolk, England
Acle is a market town on the River Bure on the Norfolk Broads in Norfolk, located halfway between Norwich and Great Yarmouth. It has the only bridge across the River Bure between Wroxham and Great Yarmouth.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from Rainfall gauge nr Acle, the nearest reporting rain gauge to Acle (0.1km away).
October so far: 88.4mm vs 71.4mm October average — 24% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are from Rainfall gauge nr Acle.
Rainfall gauge nr Acle is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Acle'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 Acle, against a full-month average of 18.5 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2003, with 1,093 mm from the local rain gauge, against an average of 636 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 458 mm.
7 Jul 2023: 83.6 mm at the local rain gauge. Records since 31 Jul 2002.
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 Acle's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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