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How much rain fell in Chigwell, Greater London? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 5.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Chigwell, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (2.3mm).
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 Greater London (south) nr Greater London | 4.5km | 9.6mm | 26.6mm | 49.0mm | 9.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Epping Forest nr Epping Forest | 5.5km | 10.4mm | 27.4mm | 50.8mm | 8.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Greater London (east) nr Greater London | 8.2km | 15.6mm | 28.8mm | 53.6mm | 8.5mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 13.3mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Greater London (south), against a full-month average of 17.4 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 388 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 486 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 20% 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: 2000 (899 mm). Driest: 2003 (441 mm). Average: 627 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.
Chigwell gets about 662 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 73 mm; driest March, 39 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), 0.4 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: Walthamstow, Low Hall, 8.1 km away: 0.19 m Rising ▲.
Every gauge on the River Lee →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Chigwell's monitored area.
32 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Chigwell's monitored area. None of the 27 with a live status is discharging right now, and 5 have no current status.
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: © Thames 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.
Town in Essex, England
Chigwell is a town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. It lies adjacent to the northern boundary of Greater London. It is on the Central line of the London Underground. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 14,599 and the built up area had a population of 12,250.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
13.3mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 10 rain gauges within 15km of Chigwell.
October so far: 54.2mm vs 66.1mm October average — 18% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 10 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Greater London (south) is the nearest rain gauge, 4.5km from the centre of Chigwell'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 Greater London (south), against a full-month average of 17.4 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 899 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 627 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 441 mm.
15 Sep 2000: 47.9 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 54.2 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 Chigwell's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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