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How much rain fell in Flaunden, Hertfordshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 3.6mm of rain forecast for the area around Flaunden, heaviest in the hour to Tue 06:00 (2.5mm).
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 Flaunden | 0.0km | 0.2mm | 1.6mm | 15.8mm | 2.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Bushey nr Bushey | 11.5km | 0.0mm | 66.6mm | 86.2mm | 4.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Aldenham nr Aldenham | 13.0km | 0.0mm | 62.9mm | 99.5mm | 4.1mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 12.2mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Flaunden, against a full-month average of 18.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 447 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 557 mm by the same date in an average year (2003–2025) — 20% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 5 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (1,488 mm). Driest: 2003 (512 mm). Average: 738 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 5 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.
Flaunden gets about 773 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 86 mm; driest March, 47 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), 2.6 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
Nearest gauge on it: Moor Lane, 8.5 km away: no recent reading.
Every gauge on the River Colne →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Flaunden's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Flaunden's monitored area. None of them has a live status we can show 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 Hertfordshire, England
Flaunden is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, close to the border with Buckinghamshire, on the edge of the Chiltern Hills. Old Flaunden was on the banks of the River Chess, but owing to constant flooding, the settlement moved up the hill to its present location in the 18th and early 19th century.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Flaunden.
October so far: 59.1mm vs 78.2mm October average — 24% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Flaunden is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Flaunden's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Flaunden, against a full-month average of 18.5 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2003, with 1,488 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 738 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 512 mm.
22 Sep 2024: 55.5 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 83.4 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 Flaunden's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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