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How much rain fell in Great Finborough, Suffolk? 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 Great Finborough (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 05:05 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 Great Finborough | 0.0km | 2.8mm | 42.0mm | 83.8mm | 1.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ipswich nr Ipswich | 6.3km | 3.8mm | 48.8mm | 95.7mm | 2.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Mid Suffolk nr Mid Suffolk | 8.1km | 3.3mm | 48.0mm | 85.2mm | 2.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 16.7mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Great Finborough, against a full-month average of 17.9 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 408 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 467 mm by the same date in an average year (2002–2025) — 13% 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 (819 mm). Driest: 2011 (404 mm). Average: 591 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
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.
Great Finborough gets about 606 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 61 mm; driest April, 37 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), 0.7 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 Discharging now
Nearest gauge on it: Stowmarket, 3.8 km away: 0.21 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Gipping →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Great Finborough's monitored area.
8 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Great Finborough's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 7 report not discharging.
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 Suffolk, England
Great Finborough is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England; about 3 miles (5 km) south west of Stowmarket and near one of the sources of the River Gipping. It has two schools, a pub and an active church. In 2001 the parish had a population of 755, increasing to 808 at the 2011 Census.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.4mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Great Finborough.
October so far: 86.5mm vs 68.7mm October average — 26% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Great Finborough is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Great Finborough's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Great Finborough, against a full-month average of 17.9 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2002, with 819 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 591 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 404 mm.
25 Aug 2010: 43.5 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 49.8 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 Great Finborough's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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