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How much rain fell in Dane End, Hertfordshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.9mm of rain forecast for the area around Dane End, heaviest in the hour to Tue 07:00 (1.2mm).
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 Dane End | 0.1km | 0.0mm | 38.4mm | 58.8mm | 2.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Stevenage nr Stevenage | 6.5km | 0.0mm | 48.3mm | 77.5mm | 3.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Braughing nr Braughing | 7.0km | 0.0mm | 44.6mm | 67.8mm | 3.4mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 16.3mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Dane End, against a full-month average of 17.0 rain days (based on 13 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 399 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 481 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 17% 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 (844 mm). Driest: 2005 (419 mm). Average: 617 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.
Dane End gets about 653 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 71 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), 1.7 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: Dane End, 0.5 km away: 0.87 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Beane →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Dane End's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Dane End's monitored area. None of them has a live status we can show 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: © 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.
Hamlet in Hertfordshire, England
Dane End is a hamlet to the north of Ware in Hertfordshire, England situated between the A602 and A10. It is within Little Munden civil parish and East Hertfordshire District Council. It has a population of around 700. Dane End means the 'valley ends' and is located where a tributary of the River Lea comes off the surrounding chalk. Little Munden church and school are sited on the hill on the north side of Dane End.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 11 rain gauges within 15km of Dane End.
October so far: 66.2mm vs 68.2mm October average — 3% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 11 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Dane End is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Dane End's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Dane End, against a full-month average of 17.0 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 844 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 617 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 419 mm.
27 May 2007: 41.5 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 Dane End's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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