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How much rain fell in Chelmsford, Essex? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Chelmsford, heaviest in the hour to Tue 08:00 (0.3mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, 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 Chelmsford (west) | 2.4km | 0.0mm | 38.4mm | 61.1mm | 3.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Chelmsford (east) | 3.6km | 0.0mm | 27.4mm | 42.8mm | 1.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Willingale nr Willingale | 9.6km | 0.0mm | 45.8mm | 69.5mm | 3.5mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 15.0mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Chelmsford (west), against a full-month average of 12.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 371 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 435 mm by the same date in an average year (2012–2025) — 15% drier.
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: 2012 (795 mm). Driest: 2025 (436 mm). Average: 573 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.
Chelmsford gets about 563 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 61 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 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: Beach's Mill, 1.2 km away: 0.34 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Can →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Chelmsford's monitored area.
12 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Chelmsford's monitored area. None of the 12 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 in Essex, England
Chelmsford is a city in Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Colchester and Southend-on-Sea. It is located 31 miles (50 km) north-east of Charing Cross in London, and 22 miles (35 km) south-west of Colchester. At the 2021 census the built up area had a population of 110,625. It gives its name to the wider Chelmsford local government 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 7 rain gauges within 15km of Chelmsford.
October so far: 62.3mm vs 56.3mm October average — 11% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Chelmsford (west) is the nearest rain gauge, 2.4km from the centre of Chelmsford'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 Chelmsford (west), against a full-month average of 12.5 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2012, with 795 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 573 mm a year. The driest was 2025, with 436 mm.
7 Dec 2023: 46.8 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 87.1 mm at one of them. Records since 11 Oct 2011.
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 Chelmsford's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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