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How much rain fell in Guildford, Surrey? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 4.9mm of rain forecast for the area around Guildford, heaviest in the hour to 07:00 (3.2mm).
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 Guildford (south) | 2.0km | 2.6mm | 72.7mm | 96.6mm | 0.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Guildford (north-west) | 3.5km | 3.3mm | 72.1mm | 92.0mm | 0.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Chobham nr Chobham | 9.1km | 3.6mm | 65.6mm | 82.9mm | 0.5mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 20.9mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Guildford (south), against a full-month average of 12.0 rain days (based on 1 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 502 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 563 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 11% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 6 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2000 (1,045 mm). Driest: 2005 (520 mm). Average: 743 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 6 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.
Guildford gets about 722 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 83 mm; driest March, 46 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), 0.5 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: Guildford, 2.9 km away: 1.24 m Falling slightly ▼.
Every gauge on the River Wey →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Guildford's monitored area.
4 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Guildford's monitored area. None of the 2 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: © 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.
Town in Surrey, England
Guildford is a town in west Surrey, England, around 27 mi (43 km) southwest of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town had a population of about 77,000; it is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around 152,148 inhabitants in 2025. Its name is thought to derive from a crossing of the River Wey, a tributary of the River Thames, that flows through the town centre.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.3mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Guildford.
October so far: 94.4mm vs 81.7mm October average — 16% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Guildford (south) is the nearest rain gauge, 2.0km from the centre of Guildford's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Guildford (south), against a full-month average of 12.0 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,045 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 743 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 520 mm.
29 Oct 2000: 48.6 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 55.8 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 Guildford's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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