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How much rain fell in Ham Hill, Kent? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.3mm of rain forecast for the area around Ham Hill, heaviest in the hour to 08:00 (0.6mm).
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 Ham Hill | 0.1km | 2.3mm | 55.1mm | 88.4mm | 0.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Sevenoaks nr Sevenoaks | 13.2km | 2.5mm | 52.5mm | 82.3mm | 0.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Rainham nr Rainham | 14.4km | 1.4mm | 41.0mm | 80.7mm | 0.5mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 19.8mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Ham Hill, against a full-month average of 16.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 453 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 462 mm by the same date in an average year (2003–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 3 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2014 (948 mm). Driest: 2003 (425 mm). Average: 599 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 3 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.
Ham Hill gets about 689 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 78 mm; driest July, 43 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 Discharging now
Nearest gauge on it: Allington Lock, 5.1 km away: 3.88 mAOD Steady.
Every gauge on the River Medway →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Ham Hill's monitored area.
8 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Ham Hill's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 6 report not discharging, and 1 has 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.
2.1mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Ham Hill.
October so far: 83.8mm vs 75.1mm October average — 12% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Ham Hill is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Ham Hill's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Ham Hill, against a full-month average of 16.5 rain days.
2014 was the wettest year in the record since 2003, with 948 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 599 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 425 mm.
21 Jan 2014: 87.3 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 173.8 mm at one of them, during 2013-14 UK winter floods. Records since 24 Jul 2002.
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 Ham Hill's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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