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How much rain fell in Elsenham, Essex? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: little or no rain forecast for the area around Elsenham (under 0.2mm).
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.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Stansted Mountfitchet nr Stansted Mountfitchet | 5.0km | 3.8mm | 46.0mm | 78.1mm | 2.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Takeley Street nr Takeley Street | 5.3km | 2.4mm | 29.8mm | 54.6mm | 1.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Clavering nr Clavering | 9.0km | 3.4mm | 42.0mm | 64.4mm | 2.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 13.1mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Stansted Mountfitchet, against a full-month average of 17.3 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 370 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 476 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — 22% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 7 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2014 (771 mm). Driest: 2005 (448 mm). Average: 602 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 7 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.
Elsenham gets about 655 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 69 mm; driest March, 40 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), 2.5 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
Nearest gauge on it: Bishops Stortford, Grange Paddocks, 7.3 km away: -0.02 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Stort →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Elsenham's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Elsenham'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: © Thames 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
Elsenham is a village and civil parish in north-west Essex in eastern England. It lies 4 miles (6 km) north-east of Bishop's Stortford, its post town, which is over the county boundary in Hertfordshire. It is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of the large village of Stansted Mountfitchet and lies to the north of London Stansted Airport. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 3,571 and the Elsenham built up area had a population of 3,501.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.3mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Elsenham.
October so far: 65.7mm vs 62.5mm October average — 5% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Stansted Mountfitchet is the nearest rain gauge, 5.0km from the centre of Elsenham'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 Stansted Mountfitchet, against a full-month average of 17.3 rain days.
2014 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 771 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 602 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 448 mm.
26 Jul 2018: 49.4 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 148.1 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 Elsenham's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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