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How much rain fell in Martlesham, Suffolk? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Martlesham, heaviest in the hour to Tue 08:00 (0.4mm).
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 Martlesham | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 36.4mm | 72.6mm | 2.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Babergh nr Babergh | 12.5km | 0.0mm | 35.9mm | 64.9mm | 3.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Felixstowe nr Felixstowe | 14.6km | 0.0mm | 32.2mm | 57.2mm | 2.6mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 14.1mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Martlesham, against a full-month average of 17.2 rain days (based on 24 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 392 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 412 mm by the same date in an average year (2003–2022) — 5% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 3 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (776 mm). Driest: 2003 (307 mm). Average: 537 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 3 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.
Martlesham gets about 627 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 66 mm; driest April, 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), 1.7 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 Martlesham's monitored area.
5 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Martlesham's monitored area. None of the 4 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: © 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.
Village in Suffolk, England
Martlesham is a village in Suffolk, England about two miles (3 km) south-west of Woodbridge and 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Ipswich. It is often referred to as "old Martlesham" by locals in order to distinguish this old village from the much more recent Martlesham Heath development (1 km) to the south, although both form a single administrative parish. Also at Martlesham Heath is BT's Research and Development Centre, now called Adastral Park.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Martlesham.
October so far: 64.9mm vs 59.9mm October average — 8% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Martlesham is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Martlesham's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Martlesham, against a full-month average of 17.2 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2003, with 776 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 537 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 307 mm.
27 May 2007: 51.0 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 54.6 mm at one of them. Records since 2 Jul 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 Martlesham's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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