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How much rain fell in Little End, Essex? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 11.5mm of rain forecast for the area around Little End, heaviest in the hour to 18:00 (4.2mm).
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 Stanford Rivers nr Stanford Rivers | 0.1km | 20.5mm | 32.8mm | 53.5mm | 7.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Moreton nr Moreton | 6.7km | 18.6mm | 34.0mm | 59.8mm | 7.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Greater London nr Greater London | 7.6km | 15.6mm | 28.8mm | 53.3mm | 8.2mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 15.6mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Stanford Rivers, against a full-month average of 16.2 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 384 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 489 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 21% 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: 2000 (849 mm). Driest: 2003 (457 mm). Average: 632 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.
Little End gets about 633 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 69 mm; driest March, 37 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), 3.1 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
Nearest gauge on it: Shonks Mill Bridge, 2.4 km away: 0.27 m Rising ▲.
Every gauge on the River Roding →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Little End's monitored area.
15.6mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 10 rain gauges within 15km of Little End.
October so far: 54.4mm vs 60.9mm October average — 11% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 10 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Stanford Rivers is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Little End'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 Stanford Rivers, against a full-month average of 16.2 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 849 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 632 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 457 mm.
29 Oct 2000: 45.0 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 Little End's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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