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How much rain fell in Ashdon, Essex? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.0mm of rain forecast for the area around Ashdon, heaviest in the hour to Tue 08:00 (1.4mm).
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 Ashdon | 0.0km | 0.1mm | 1.3mm | 19.9mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Great Sampford nr Great Sampford | 10.1km | 0.0mm | 41.0mm | 70.2mm | 0.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Braintree nr Braintree | 10.7km | 0.0mm | 35.4mm | 62.8mm | 2.2mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 10.2mm.
11 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Ashdon, against a full-month average of 15.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 297 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 473 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 37% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 7 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (800 mm). Driest: 2003 (363 mm). Average: 595 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 7 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.
Ashdon gets about 617 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 63 mm; driest March, 36 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), 0.1 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: Great Chesterford, 7.0 km away: 0.13 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Cam →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Ashdon's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Ashdon'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.
Village in Essex, England
Ashdon is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is about 4 miles (6 km) north-east of Saffron Walden and 23 miles (37 km) northwest from the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the district of Uttlesford and the parliamentary constituency of Saffron Walden. It has its own Parish Council. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 900.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.7mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Ashdon.
October so far: 57.7mm vs 60.4mm October average — 4% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Ashdon is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Ashdon's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
11 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Ashdon, against a full-month average of 15.5 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 800 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 595 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 363 mm.
15 May 2004: 49.9 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 149.6 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 Ashdon's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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