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How much rain fell in Mid Suffolk, Suffolk? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.1mm of rain forecast for the area around Mid Suffolk, heaviest in the hour to Tue 08:00 (0.7mm).
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 Debenham nr Debenham | 2.5km | 0.0mm | 36.2mm | 79.8mm | 2.7mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Eye nr Eye | 7.7km | 0.0mm | 34.2mm | 66.4mm | 2.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Mid Suffolk | 12.0km | 0.0mm | 45.1mm | 83.2mm | 3.3mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 14.6mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Debenham.
2026 so far: 389 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 461 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 16% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 4 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (845 mm). Driest: 2017 (398 mm). Average: 589 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 4 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.
Mid Suffolk gets about 638 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 69 mm; driest April, 38 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 Mid Suffolk's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Mid Suffolk'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.
Non-metropolitan district in England
Mid Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk, England. The district is primarily a rural area, containing just three towns, being Stowmarket, Needham Market and Eye. Its council was based in Needham Market until 2017 when it moved to shared offices with neighbouring Babergh District Council in Ipswich, outside either district. In 2021 it had a population of 103,417.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Mid Suffolk.
October so far: 76.8mm vs 65.9mm October average — 17% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Debenham is the nearest rain gauge, 2.5km from the centre of Mid Suffolk's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 845 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 589 mm a year. The driest was 2017, with 398 mm.
24 Jul 2015: 44.6 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 45.4 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 Mid Suffolk's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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