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How much rain fell in Dover, Kent? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.8mm of rain forecast for the area around Dover, heaviest in the hour to Tue 09:00 (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.
Chance of rain in Dover
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 80% chance of more than 1 mm, 10% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: 80% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 3.4 km from Dover. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Dover (north-east) | 5.7km | 1.2mm | 36.1mm | 108.6mm | 2.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Deal nr Deal | 8.0km | 1.0mm | 80.5mm | 154.1mm | 4.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Dover (south) | 9.7km | 0.5mm | 66.1mm | 129.5mm | 1.9mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 32.3mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Dover (north-east), against a full-month average of 17.1 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 591 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 562 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 5% wetter.
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 (970 mm). Driest: 2003 (429 mm). Average: 756 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.
Dover gets about 762 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 93 mm; driest March, 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), 1.6 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Dover's monitored area.
Town and port in Kent, England
Dover is a town, major ferry port and civil parish in Kent, England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at 33 kilometres (21 mi) from Cap Gris-Nez in France. It lies southeast of Canterbury and east of Maidstone. The town is the administrative centre of the Dover District and home of the Port of Dover. In 2024 it had an estimated population of 44,209.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.2mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of Dover.
October so far: 117.6mm vs 91.5mm October average — 29% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Dover (north-east) is the nearest rain gauge, 5.7km from the centre of Dover's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Dover (north-east), against a full-month average of 17.1 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 970 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 756 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 429 mm.
19 Jun 2007: 40.8 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 53.6 mm at one of them, during 2007 UK floods. 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 Dover's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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