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How much rain fell in Downham, Essex? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.3mm of rain forecast for the area around Downham, heaviest in the hour to Tue 08:00 (0.9mm).
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 Downham | 0.1km | 0.0mm | 44.0mm | 69.3mm | 4.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Wickford nr Wickford | 6.4km | 0.0mm | 63.4mm | 84.6mm | 5.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Brentwood nr Brentwood | 7.3km | 0.0mm | 45.8mm | 71.6mm | 4.4mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 16.6mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Downham, against a full-month average of 13.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 363 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 398 mm by the same date in an average year (2002–2025) — 9% 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: 2014 (784 mm). Driest: 2007 (345 mm). Average: 521 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.
Downham gets about 606 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 67 mm; driest March, 36 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), 0.6 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 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 Downham's monitored area.
10 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Downham's monitored area. None of the 10 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.
Village in Essex, England
Downham is a small village in the civil parish of South Hanningfield, in the Chelmsford district of Essex, England. It is located approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of the county town of Chelmsford. The nearest towns are Billericay, 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) west-south-west, and Wickford, 2+1⁄4 miles (3.6 km) south-east.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.8mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km of Downham.
October so far: 61.5mm vs 58.0mm October average — 6% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Downham is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Downham'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 Downham, against a full-month average of 13.5 rain days.
2014 was the wettest year in the record since 2002, with 784 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 521 mm a year. The driest was 2007, with 345 mm.
2 Oct 2020: 57.9 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 59.8 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 Downham's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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