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How much rain fell in Clavering, Essex? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: little or no rain forecast for the area around Clavering (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, 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 Clavering | 0.1km | 3.4mm | 42.0mm | 64.4mm | 2.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Stansted Mountfitchet nr Stansted Mountfitchet | 7.8km | 3.8mm | 46.0mm | 78.1mm | 2.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Elmdon nr Elmdon | 8.5km | 1.2mm | 31.7mm | 59.0mm | 0.2mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 11.0mm.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Clavering, against a full-month average of 19.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 347 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 493 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 30% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 8 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2000 (871 mm). Driest: 2011 (443 mm). Average: 625 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 8 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.
Clavering gets about 649 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 68 mm; driest March, 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), 0.7 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: Clavering, 0.1 km away: 0.04 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Stort →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Clavering's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Clavering's monitored area. The 1 with a live status is not 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 in Essex, England
Clavering is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district, in north-west Essex in England. It lies 6 miles (10 km) south-west of Saffron Walden, its post town, and 20 miles (32 km) south of Cambridge. The name 'Clavering' means 'place where clover grows'. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 1,345.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
2.6mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of Clavering.
October so far: 57.6mm vs 65.3mm October average — 12% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Clavering is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Clavering's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Clavering, against a full-month average of 19.5 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 871 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 625 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 443 mm.
27 May 2007: 47.6 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 60.8 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 Clavering's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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