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How much rain fell in Haverhill, Suffolk? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.7mm of rain forecast for the area around Haverhill, heaviest in the hour to Mon 12:00 (0.8mm).
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.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Wixoe nr Wixoe | 0.2km | 11.4mm | 35.8mm | 54.8mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Braintree (west) nr Braintree | 2.9km | 12.6mm | 38.8mm | 59.8mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Braintree (east) nr Braintree | 3.7km | 14.2mm | 42.6mm | 63.0mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 25 Sep–24 Oct. Wettest day: 12.5mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Wixoe, against a full-month average of 17.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 374 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 465 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 20% 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 (782 mm). Driest: 2011 (445 mm). Average: 590 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.
Haverhill gets about 607 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 65 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), 1.8 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: Kedington, 2.0 km away: 0.20 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Stour →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Haverhill's monitored area.
6 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Haverhill's monitored area. None of the 5 with a live status is discharging right now, 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: © 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.
Town in Suffolk, England
Haverhill is a market town and civil parish in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England, next to the borders of Essex and Cambridgeshire. It lies about 14 miles (23 km) southeast of Cambridge and 47 miles (76 km) northeast of central London. In 2022 it had a population of 27,500.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
12.5mm of rain fell yesterday (24 Oct 2026), from the average of 10 rain gauges within 15km of Haverhill.
October so far: 62.4mm vs 60.7mm October average — 3% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 25 days in). Figures are the average of 10 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Wixoe is the nearest rain gauge, 0.2km from the centre of Haverhill'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 Wixoe, against a full-month average of 17.5 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 782 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 590 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 445 mm.
9 Aug 2004: 39.7 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 55.6 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 Haverhill's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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