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How much rain fell in Maldon, Essex? 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 Maldon (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated Tue 23:05 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.
Chance of rain in Maldon
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: less than 5% chance of more than 1 mm, less than 5% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: less than 5% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Tue 27 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 3.7 km from Maldon. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Maldon (north) | 1.9km | 2.4mm | 34.1mm | 56.1mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Maldon (south-west) | 4.0km | 3.4mm | 39.1mm | 64.8mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Maldon (east) | 9.6km | 2.8mm | 35.0mm | 58.0mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 14.8mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Maldon (north), against a full-month average of 17.8 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 380 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 422 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — 10% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 6 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (810 mm). Driest: 2003 (352 mm). Average: 540 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 6 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.
Maldon gets about 547 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 61 mm; driest March, 32 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), 2.5 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 Maldon's monitored area.
7 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Maldon's monitored area. None of the 5 with a live status is discharging right now, and 2 have 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 in Essex, England
Maldon is a town and civil parish on the Blackwater Estuary in Essex, England. It is the seat of the Maldon District and starting point of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation. It is known for Maldon Sea Salt which is produced in the area. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 14,938, and the Maldon built-up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics, which extends beyond the parish boundary to also take in Heybridge to the north, had a population of 23,380.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
2.9mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Maldon.
October so far: 61.8mm vs 62.5mm October average — 1% drier. Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Maldon (north) is the nearest rain gauge, 1.9km from the centre of Maldon'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 Maldon (north), against a full-month average of 17.8 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 810 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 540 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 352 mm.
24 Aug 2013: 54.0 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 71.6 mm at one of them. Records since 2 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 Maldon's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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