How much rain fell in Chelsworth, Suffolk? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.1mm of rain forecast for the area around Chelsworth, heaviest in the hour to Tue 09:00 (0.9mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across whose centre is 13 km from Chelsworth, 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.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Chelsworth | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 50.6mm | 85.4mm | 3.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ipswich nr Ipswich | 4.3km | 0.2mm | 48.3mm | 92.7mm | 3.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Lavenham nr Lavenham | 6.8km | 0.0mm | 40.5mm | 79.3mm | 3.2mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 16.3mm.
13 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Chelsworth, against a full-month average of 17.2 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 411 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 462 mm by the same date in an average year (2002–2025) — 11% 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: 2023 (793 mm). Driest: 2011 (404 mm). Average: 585 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
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.
Chelsworth gets about 618 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 64 mm; driest April, 38 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), 2.0 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: Hadleigh, 6.7 km away: 0.34 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Brett →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Chelsworth's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Chelsworth's monitored area. 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.
Village and civil parish in Suffolk, England
Chelsworth is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It lies on the B1115 road, 10 miles in either direction from Sudbury and Stowmarket. The parish also contains the hamlet of Chelsworth Common. In 2011 the parish had a population of 206.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.1mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Chelsworth.
October so far: 80.8mm vs 68.1mm October average — 19% 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 Chelsworth is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Chelsworth's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
13 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Chelsworth, against a full-month average of 17.2 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2002, with 793 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 585 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 404 mm.
25 Aug 2010: 43.5 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 49.8 mm at one of them. Records since 4 Jul 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 Chelsworth's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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