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How much rain fell in Ashford, Kent? 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 Ashford (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 17:05 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 Ashford (north) | 2.1km | 4.0mm | 67.5mm | 104.7mm | 0.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ashford (east) | 5.9km | 5.3mm | 70.9mm | 125.6mm | 0.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ashford (south) | 5.9km | 3.5mm | 62.2mm | 104.6mm | 0.4mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 23.0mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Ashford (north), against a full-month average of 18.0 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 571 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 596 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
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: 2000 (1,196 mm). Driest: 2017 (612 mm). Average: 811 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.
Ashford gets about 775 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 92 mm; driest March, 45 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), 1.3 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: Chart Leacon, 2.8 km away: 0.14 m Steady.
Every gauge on the Great Stour →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Ashford's monitored area.
19 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Ashford's monitored area. None of the 18 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: © Southern 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 Kent, England
Ashford is a town in the Ashford district, in the county of Kent, England. It lies on the River Great Stour at the southern or scarp edge of the North Downs, about 61 miles (98 km) by road southeast of central London and 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Folkestone by road. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 83,213. The name comes from the Old English æscet, indicating a ford near a clump of ash trees. It has been a market town since the Middle Ages, and a regular market continues to be held.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.8mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 10 rain gauges within 15km of Ashford.
October so far: 110.5mm vs 95.1mm October average — 16% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 10 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Ashford (north) is the nearest rain gauge, 2.1km from the centre of Ashford'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 Ashford (north), against a full-month average of 18.0 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,196 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 811 mm a year. The driest was 2017, with 612 mm.
11 Oct 2000: 43.6 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 126.6 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 Ashford's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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