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How much rain fell in Lowestoft, Suffolk? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 6.9mm of rain forecast for the area around Lowestoft, heaviest in the hour to 20:00 (3.3mm).
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 Corton nr Corton | 5.4km | 23.1mm | 51.0mm | 79.7mm | 5.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Worlingham nr Worlingham | 9.3km | 24.6mm | 53.1mm | 81.1mm | 6.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Acle nr Acle | 21.9km | 24.6mm | 53.1mm | 77.4mm | 5.3mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 23.9mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Corton, against a full-month average of 24.0 rain days (based on 1 months of records at this gauge).
The rain gauges near Lowestoft do not have a long enough daily record yet, so this is the Met Office series for the wider region.
Yearly rainfall 1986–2025, with the dashed line at the 1991–2020 average. Wettest: 2012 (810 mm). Driest: 2011 (454 mm). Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Lowestoft gets about 621 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 65 mm; driest April, 34 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 Discharging now
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Lowestoft's monitored area.
16 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Lowestoft's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 14 report not discharging, 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 and civil parish in Suffolk, England
Lowestoft is a coastal town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. As the most easterly UK settlement, it is 38 miles (61 km) north-east of Ipswich and 22 miles (35 km) south-east of Norwich, and the main town in its district. Its development grew with the fishing industry and as a seaside resort with wide sandy beaches. As fishing declined, oil and gas exploitation in the North Sea in the 1960s took over. In 2021 the built-up area had a population of 71,327 and the parish had a population of 47,879.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
23.9mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Lowestoft.
October so far: 80.4mm vs 65.8mm October average — 22% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Corton is the nearest rain gauge, 5.4km from the centre of Lowestoft'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 Corton, against a full-month average of 24.0 rain days.
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 Lowestoft's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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