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How much rain fell in Breckland, Norfolk? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Breckland, heaviest in the hour to 10:00 (0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 05:05 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 Morley St Peter nr Morley St Peter | 4.9km | 3.2mm | 35.8mm | 64.4mm | 3.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Breckland | 6.4km | 3.4mm | 39.4mm | 79.0mm | 3.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Dereham nr Dereham | 12.7km | 3.2mm | 45.6mm | 72.8mm | 1.8mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 16.2mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Morley St Peter, against a full-month average of 18.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
The rain gauges near Breckland do not have a long enough daily record yet, so this is the Met Office series for the wider region.
Yearly rainfall 1986–2025, with the dashed line at the 1991–2020 average. Wettest: 2012 (810 mm). Driest: 2011 (454 mm). Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Breckland gets about 685 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 69 mm; driest April, 41 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), 1.9 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
Nearest gauge on it: Redbridge, 9.1 km away: 0.18 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Thet →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Breckland's monitored area.
Natural region in Norfolk and Suffolk, UK
Breckland in Norfolk and Suffolk is a 39,433 hectare Breckland_Forest Special Protection Area (SPA) under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds. The SPA partly overlaps the 7,544 hectare Breckland Special Area of Conservation. As a landscape region it is an unusual natural habitat of England. It comprises the gorse-covered sandy heath that lies mostly in the south of the county of Norfolk but also in the north of Suffolk. An area of considerable interest for its unusual flora and fauna, it lies to the east of another unusual habitat, the Fens, and to the south west of the Broads. The typical tree of this area is the Scots pine. Breckland is one of the driest areas in England.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.2mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Breckland.
October so far: 73.4mm vs 58.1mm October average — 26% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Morley St Peter is the nearest rain gauge, 4.9km from the centre of Breckland's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Morley St Peter, against a full-month average of 18.5 rain days.
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 Breckland's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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