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How much rain fell in Castle Acre, Norfolk? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.7mm of rain forecast for the area around Castle Acre, heaviest in the hour to Tue 06:00 (0.4mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across whose centre is 13 km from Castle Acre, 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 Castle Acre | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 65.1mm | 95.5mm | 3.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr King's Lynn and West Norfolk nr King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 10.6km | 0.2mm | 48.6mm | 84.2mm | 3.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Grimston nr Grimston | 12.5km | 0.0mm | 52.2mm | 79.8mm | 2.6mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 18.0mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Castle Acre, against a full-month average of 17.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 478 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 584 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 18% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 3 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (1,087 mm). Driest: 2011 (516 mm). Average: 746 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 3 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.
Castle Acre gets about 735 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 74 mm; driest April, 46 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Castle Acre's monitored area.
Village and civil parish in Norfolk, England
Castle Acre is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. On the River Nar, it is 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Swaffham and 26 miles (42 km) west of Norwich.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.1mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Castle Acre.
October so far: 86.5mm vs 74.9mm October average — 15% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Castle Acre is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Castle Acre'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 Castle Acre, against a full-month average of 17.5 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,087 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 746 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 516 mm.
6 Jul 2013: 100.0 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 200.0 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 Castle Acre's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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