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How much rain fell in Dereham, Norfolk? Daily, weekly and monthly totals from the nearest Environment Agency rain gauges, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.1mm of rain forecast for the area around Dereham, heaviest in the hour to Tue 08:00 (1.0mm).
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.
Chance of rain in Dereham
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: more than 95% chance of more than 1 mm, 25% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: 95% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point under 1 km from Dereham. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Dereham | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 44.8mm | 71.0mm | 3.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Barford nr Barford | 15.2km | 0.0mm | 39.6mm | 73.8mm | 3.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Castle Acre nr Castle Acre | 15.6km | 0.0mm | 65.1mm | 95.5mm | 3.3mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 15.4mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Dereham, against a full-month average of 16.0 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
The rain gauges near Dereham do not have a long enough daily record yet, so this is the Met Office series for the wider region.
Yearly rainfall 1986–2025, with the dashed line at the 1991–2020 average. Wettest: 2012 (810 mm). Driest: 2011 (454 mm). Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Dereham gets about 708 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 73 mm; driest April, 43 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), 1.2 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Dereham's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Dereham's monitored area. None of the 2 with a live status is 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.
Town in Norfolk, England
Dereham, also known historically as East Dereham, is a town and civil parish in the Breckland District of the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A47 road, about 15 miles (24 km) west of the city of Norwich and 25 miles (40 km) east of King's Lynn.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from Rainfall gauge nr Dereham, the nearest reporting rain gauge to Dereham (0.0km away).
October so far: 71.0mm vs 53.6mm October average — 32% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are from Rainfall gauge nr Dereham.
Rainfall gauge nr Dereham is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Dereham'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 Dereham, against a full-month average of 16.0 rain days.
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 Dereham's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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