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How much rain fell in Colne Engaine, Essex? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 6.5mm of rain forecast for the area around Colne Engaine, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (3.3mm).
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 Braintree (south-east) nr Braintree | 0.0km | 10.6mm | 31.4mm | 60.0mm | 8.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Halstead nr Halstead | 8.0km | 12.6mm | 30.8mm | 62.8mm | 8.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Braintree (south) nr Braintree | 8.2km | 11.6mm | 36.2mm | 59.4mm | 9.0mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 11.2mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Braintree (south-east), against a full-month average of 18.4 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 406 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 417 mm by the same date in an average year (2003–2025) — about average.
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: 2012 (801 mm). Driest: 2003 (294 mm). Average: 537 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.
Colne Engaine gets about 603 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 64 mm; driest March, 37 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), 2.2 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 Discharging now
Nearest gauge on it: Bures Bridge, 6.2 km away: 0.18 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Stour →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Colne Engaine's monitored area.
6 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Colne Engaine's monitored area. 2 are discharging now, 4 report not discharging.
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
Colne Engaine is a village and civil parish in Essex, England, situated just north of the River Colne and of the larger village of Earls Colne, approximately ten miles northwest of Colchester. The village takes its name from the river, around which it is likely that the earliest settlements were made, and the Engaine family, who were the principal family of the village between 1279 and 1367. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 998.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
11.2mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of Colne Engaine.
October so far: 55.7mm vs 62.2mm October average — 10% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Braintree (south-east) is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Colne Engaine'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 Braintree (south-east), against a full-month average of 18.4 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2003, with 801 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 537 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 294 mm.
29 Oct 2000: 40.4 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 42.4 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 Colne Engaine's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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