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How much rain fell in Great Sampford, 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 Great Sampford (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated Tue 23:05 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 Sampford | 0.0km | 1.4mm | 44.0mm | 74.6mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Braintree (south-east) nr Braintree | 7.5km | 1.6mm | 35.4mm | 66.8mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Braintree (north-east) nr Braintree | 7.7km | 1.4mm | 36.6mm | 64.4mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 12.2mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Great Sampford, against a full-month average of 17.2 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 355 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 465 mm by the same date in an average year (2006–2025) — 24% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 8 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (806 mm). Driest: 2011 (411 mm). Average: 588 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 8 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 Sampford gets about 620 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 64 mm; driest March, 38 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), 3.0 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 Great Sampford's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Great Sampford's monitored area. The 1 with a live status is not 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: © 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 Essex, England
Great Sampford is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. The village is at the junction of the B1053 and B1051 roads. The village includes a primary school, two places of worship and one public house. It is located 3 miles (5 km) northeast of the small town of Thaxted, and 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Saffron Walden, its post town. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 579.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.3mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km of Great Sampford.
October so far: 62.6mm vs 60.3mm October average — 4% wetter. Figures are the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Great Sampford is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Great Sampford'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 Sampford, against a full-month average of 17.2 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2006, with 806 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 588 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 411 mm.
17 Jan 2022: 48.6 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 194.4 mm at one of them. Records since 19 Mar 2005.
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 Sampford's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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