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How much rain fell in Braintree, Essex? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.6mm of rain forecast for the area around Braintree, heaviest in the hour to Tue 09:00 (1.0mm).
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 Halstead nr Halstead | 3.2km | 0.0mm | 38.2mm | 72.2mm | 3.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Braintree (south) | 5.7km | 0.0mm | 33.0mm | 59.2mm | 3.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Braintree (west) | 6.9km | 0.0mm | 33.0mm | 64.6mm | 3.0mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 13.8mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Halstead, against a full-month average of 18.7 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 407 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 436 mm by the same date in an average year (2004–2025) — 7% drier.
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: 2012 (780 mm). Driest: 2025 (435 mm). Average: 563 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
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.
Braintree gets about 619 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 65 mm; driest March, 37 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), 2.4 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: Stisted, 6.0 km away: 0.50 m Rising slightly ▲.
Every gauge on the River Blackwater →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Braintree's monitored area.
5 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Braintree's monitored area. None of the 5 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.
Town in Essex, England
Braintree is a town in Essex, England. At the 2021 census the built up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics had a population of 43,190. It is the largest settlement in the Braintree District, which also covers an extensive surrounding area.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 12 rain gauges within 15km of Braintree.
October so far: 65.8mm vs 60.4mm October average — 9% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 12 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Halstead is the nearest rain gauge, 3.2km from the centre of Braintree'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 Halstead, against a full-month average of 18.7 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2004, with 780 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 563 mm a year. The driest was 2025, with 435 mm.
17 Jan 2022: 39.0 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 194.4 mm at one of them. Records since 21 Nov 2003.
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 Braintree's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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