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How much rain fell in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.8mm of rain forecast for the area around Cambridge, heaviest in the hour to Wed 01:00 (0.6mm).
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.
Chance of rain in Cambridge
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 80% chance of more than 1 mm, 30% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: 80% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Tue 10 Nov. For the Met Office forecast point under 1 km from Cambridge. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | November | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Swavesey nr Swavesey | 10.7km | 0.0mm | 0.5mm | 2.8mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Bourn nr Bourn | 11.3km | 0.1mm | 0.4mm | 2.6mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth nr Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth | 17.5km | 0.2mm | 1.2mm | 3.4mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 11 Oct–9 Nov. Wettest day: 12.4mm.
3 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this November at Rainfall gauge nr Swavesey, against a full-month average of 12.6 rain days (based on 23 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 352 mm (1 Jan to 9 Nov), against 430 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 18% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 2 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (794 mm). Driest: 2003 (147 mm). Average: 508 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 2 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.
Cambridge gets about 574 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 59 mm; driest March, 34 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), 2.5 km from the centre of Cambridge. 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: Cambridge Byron's Pool, 4.0 km away: 0.42 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Rhee →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Cambridge.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Cambridge. None of the 2 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.
City and district in Cambridgeshire, England
Cambridge is a city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is the county town of Cambridgeshire and is located on the River Cam, 55 miles (89 km) north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of the City of Cambridge was 145,700; the population of the wider built-up area was 181,137. There is archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dating back to as early as the Bronze Age, and Cambridge became an important trading centre during the Roman and Viking eras. The first town charters were granted in the 12th century, although modern city status was not officially conferred until 1951.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (9 Nov 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Cambridge.
November so far: 2.7mm vs 50.7mm November average — 95% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 10 days in). Figures are the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Swavesey is the nearest rain gauge, 10.7km from the centre of Cambridge. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
3 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this November at Rainfall gauge nr Swavesey, against a full-month average of 12.6 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 794 mm from the average of 2 local rain gauges, against an average of 508 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 147 mm.
8 Aug 2014: 121.5 mm on average across 2 local rain gauges, and up to 140.1 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 Cambridge — local rainfall can vary over short distances. The centre of Cambridge is the Ordnance Survey Open Names point for the city or town. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (OGL v3.0).
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