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How much rain fell in Folkestone, Kent? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.9mm of rain forecast for the area around Folkestone, heaviest in the hour to Tue 10:00 (1.5mm).
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.
Chance of rain in Folkestone
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 80% chance of more than 1 mm, 15% 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 1.5 km from Folkestone. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Folkestone | 0.0km | 1.4mm | 66.0mm | 118.4mm | 3.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Dover nr Dover | 3.5km | 1.4mm | 73.2mm | 131.8mm | 3.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Elham nr Elham | 7.3km | 1.2mm | 62.2mm | 117.2mm | 4.0mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 30.9mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Folkestone, against a full-month average of 18.9 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 624 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 643 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
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: 2011 (1,098 mm). Driest: 2003 (569 mm). Average: 876 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.
Folkestone gets about 846 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 103 mm; driest April, 49 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), 1.7 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 Folkestone's monitored area.
5 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Folkestone's monitored area. None of the 3 with a live status is discharging right now, and 2 have 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. Annual spill figures: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring return, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, Open Government Licence (OGL) v3.0.
Town in Kent, England
Folkestone is a coastal town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England. The town lies on the southern edge of the North Downs at a valley between two cliffs. It was an important harbour, shipping port, and fashionable coastal resort for most of the 19th and mid-20th centuries.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.2mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Folkestone.
October so far: 119.6mm vs 102.7mm October average — 16% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Folkestone is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Folkestone'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 Folkestone, against a full-month average of 18.9 rain days.
2011 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,098 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 876 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 569 mm.
3 Dec 2020: 45.0 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 51.0 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 Folkestone's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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