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How much rain fell in Debenham, Suffolk? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 10.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Debenham, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (4.6mm).
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 Debenham | 0.0km | 11.1mm | 41.9mm | 70.4mm | 6.7mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Eye nr Eye | 10.0km | 11.6mm | 33.1mm | 56.8mm | 4.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Mid Suffolk nr Mid Suffolk | 11.5km | 16.9mm | 42.7mm | 71.5mm | 8.1mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 14.3mm.
13 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Debenham.
2026 so far: 374 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 459 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 19% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 4 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (845 mm). Driest: 2017 (398 mm). Average: 589 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 4 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.
Debenham gets about 638 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 69 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), 0.5 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Debenham's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Debenham'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 Suffolk, England
Debenham is a village and civil parish located 11 miles (18 km) north of Ipswich in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The River Deben rises in the parish, and flows along a prolonged ford through the village.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
13.3mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Debenham.
October so far: 65.9mm vs 65.9mm October average — 0% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Debenham is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Debenham's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 845 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 589 mm a year. The driest was 2017, with 398 mm.
24 Jul 2015: 44.6 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 45.4 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 Debenham's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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