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How much rain fell in Hillborough, Kent? 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 Hillborough (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 11:05 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 Hillborough | 0.6km | 2.0mm | 36.0mm | 65.8mm | 0.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Dover nr Dover | 6.4km | 2.2mm | 38.6mm | 82.0mm | 0.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Canterbury nr Canterbury | 9.3km | 2.0mm | 49.0mm | 100.2mm | 0.6mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 25.3mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Hillborough, against a full-month average of 17.0 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 485 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 471 mm by the same date in an average year (2002–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 4 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2014 (853 mm). Driest: 2005 (416 mm). Average: 619 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 4 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.
Hillborough gets about 604 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 69 mm; driest March, 36 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: GroveFerry, 5.4 km away: 1.54 mAOD Falling ▼.
Every gauge on the Great 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 Hillborough's monitored area.
4 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Hillborough's monitored area. None of the 3 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: © 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.
Area of Herne Bay, England
Hillborough is an area of eastern Herne Bay in Kent, England. The population is included in the Reculver ward of Herne Bay.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
2.2mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Hillborough.
October so far: 87.0mm vs 71.6mm October average — 22% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Hillborough is the nearest rain gauge, 0.6km from the centre of Hillborough'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 Hillborough, against a full-month average of 17.0 rain days.
2014 was the wettest year in the record since 2002, with 853 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 619 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 416 mm.
24 Aug 2013: 44.7 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 61.2 mm at one of them. Records since 6 Oct 2001.
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 Hillborough's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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