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How much rain fell in Ebbsfleet Garden City, Kent? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 8.5mm of rain forecast for the area around Ebbsfleet Garden City, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (5.1mm).
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 Sevenoaks (south-west, 5.1 km) nr Sevenoaks | 5.1km | 16.9mm | 38.9mm | 69.1mm | 8.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Sevenoaks (south-west, 10.5 km) nr Sevenoaks | 10.5km | 21.4mm | 51.1mm | 95.9mm | 11.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Sevenoaks (south-west, 11.5 km) nr Sevenoaks | 11.5km | 15.5mm | 32.8mm | 62.8mm | 9.9mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 18.6mm.
13 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Sevenoaks (south-west, 5.1 km), against a full-month average of 16.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 462 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 481 mm by the same date in an average year (2003–2025) — about average.
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: 2014 (1,004 mm). Driest: 2005 (406 mm). Average: 639 mm a year.
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.
Ebbsfleet Garden City gets about 582 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 63 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), 1.3 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 Discharging now
Nearest gauge on it: Hawley, 6.9 km away: 0.08 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Darent →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Ebbsfleet Garden City's monitored area.
15 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Ebbsfleet Garden City's monitored area. 3 are discharging now, 11 report not discharging, and 1 has no current status.
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: © Southern Water storm overflow activity data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. 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.
New town and redevelopment area in Kent, England
Ebbsfleet Valley is a new town and redevelopment area in Kent, South East England, and part of the Thames Gateway, southwest of Gravesend. Development is coordinated by the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation. It is named after the valley of the Ebbsfleet River, which it straddles. Although a small part of the site in the east lies within the borough of Gravesham, most of Ebbsfleet Valley is in the borough of Dartford.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
18.6mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Ebbsfleet Garden City.
October so far: 73.2mm vs 80.1mm October average — 9% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Sevenoaks (south-west, 5.1 km) is the nearest rain gauge, 5.1km from the centre of Ebbsfleet Garden City's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
13 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Sevenoaks (south-west, 5.1 km), against a full-month average of 16.5 rain days.
2014 was the wettest year in the record since 2003, with 1,004 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 639 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 406 mm.
21 Jan 2014: 58.7 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 173.8 mm at one of them, during 2013-14 UK winter floods. Records since 24 Jul 2002.
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 Ebbsfleet Garden City's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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