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How much rain fell in Ipswich, Suffolk? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.6mm of rain forecast for the area around Ipswich, heaviest in the hour to Tue 08:00 (0.3mm).
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 Ipswich | 0.0km | 0.2mm | 48.3mm | 93.3mm | 3.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Chelsworth nr Chelsworth | 4.3km | 0.0mm | 50.6mm | 85.8mm | 3.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Great Finborough nr Great Finborough | 6.3km | 0.2mm | 39.4mm | 82.6mm | 2.6mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 16.7mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Ipswich, against a full-month average of 24.0 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 408 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 467 mm by the same date in an average year (2002–2025) — 13% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 5 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (819 mm). Driest: 2011 (404 mm). Average: 591 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 5 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.
Ipswich gets about 625 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 63 mm; driest April, 39 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), 1.0 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: Hadleigh, 8.5 km away: 0.33 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Brett →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Ipswich's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Ipswich's monitored area. The 1 with a live status is not 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.
Town in Suffolk, England
Ipswich is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, located on the River Orwell. It is the county town, and largest in Suffolk, followed by Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds, and the third-largest population centre in East Anglia, after Peterborough and Norwich. It is 65 miles (105 km) northeast of London. In 2025, Ipswich had a population of 139,457, making it the fourth-largest in the East of England and the 42nd-largest in England and Wales. It is surrounded by the towns and villages of Kesgrave, Woodbridge, Bramford and Martlesham Heath.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.1mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Ipswich.
October so far: 84.9mm vs 68.7mm October average — 24% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Ipswich is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Ipswich's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Ipswich, against a full-month average of 24.0 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2002, with 819 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 591 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 404 mm.
25 Aug 2010: 43.5 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 49.8 mm at one of them. Records since 4 Jul 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 Ipswich's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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