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How much rain fell in Canterbury, Kent? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.9mm of rain forecast for the area around Canterbury, heaviest in the hour to 09:00 (0.9mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across whose centre is 12 km from Canterbury, updated Mon 23:05 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 Canterbury | 0.0km | 2.0mm | 49.0mm | 99.6mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Rough Common nr Rough Common | 3.9km | 2.7mm | 52.6mm | 99.1mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Chartham nr Chartham | 6.6km | 1.6mm | 58.0mm | 98.2mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 26.7mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Canterbury, against a full-month average of 17.6 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 502 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 511 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — about average.
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: 2011 (938 mm). Driest: 2003 (339 mm). Average: 677 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.
Canterbury gets about 702 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 82 mm; driest March, 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), 2.3 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: Vauxhall Bridge, 0.3 km away: 0.40 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 Canterbury's monitored area.
6 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Canterbury's monitored area. None of the 6 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: © 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.
Cathedral city in Kent, England
Canterbury is a city and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Canterbury district, county of Kent, England; it was a county borough until 1974. Lying on the River Stour not far from its mouth on the Strait of Dover, the city has a mild oceanic climate.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
2.3mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Canterbury.
October so far: 93.5mm vs 77.5mm October average — 21% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Canterbury is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Canterbury'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 Canterbury, against a full-month average of 17.6 rain days.
2011 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 938 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 677 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 339 mm.
11 Oct 2000: 46.3 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 51.2 mm at one of them. Records since 21 Jun 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 Canterbury's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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