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How much rain fell in Heacham, Norfolk? Daily, weekly and monthly totals from the nearest Environment Agency rain gauges, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.5mm of rain forecast for the area around Heacham, heaviest in the hour to Tue 07:00 (0.3mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across whose centre is 12 km from Heacham, 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 Heacham | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 55.8mm | 80.4mm | 1.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Grimston nr Grimston | 15.9km | 0.0mm | 52.2mm | 79.8mm | 2.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Burnham Market nr Burnham Market | 18.6km | 0.0mm | 66.4mm | 93.2mm | 2.2mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 17.0mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Heacham, against a full-month average of 15.7 rain days (based on 26 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 383 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 472 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 19% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the local rain gauge: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (874 mm). Driest: 2013 (410 mm). Average: 598 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the local rain gauge, for UTC days. 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.
Heacham gets about 630 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 66 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), 1.3 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 Heacham's monitored area.
4 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Heacham's monitored area. None of the 4 with a live status is 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 Norfolk, England
Heacham is a large village in West Norfolk, England, overlooking The Wash. It lies between King's Lynn, 14 miles (23 km) to the south, and Hunstanton, about 3 miles (4.8 km) to the north. It has been a seaside resort for over a century and a half.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from Rainfall gauge nr Heacham, the nearest reporting rain gauge to Heacham (0.0km away).
October so far: 80.4mm vs 62.8mm October average — 28% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are from Rainfall gauge nr Heacham.
Rainfall gauge nr Heacham is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Heacham's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Heacham, against a full-month average of 15.7 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 874 mm from the local rain gauge, against an average of 598 mm a year. The driest was 2013, with 410 mm.
27 Jun 2017: 57.2 mm at the local rain gauge. 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 Heacham's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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