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How much rain fell in Mistley, 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 Mistley (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated Mon 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 Mistley
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 80% 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: 80% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 4.3 km from Mistley. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Mistley | 0.1km | 4.1mm | 42.1mm | 65.7mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ramsey nr Ramsey | 10.3km | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Brightlingsea nr Brightlingsea | 10.9km | 3.6mm | 34.6mm | 54.8mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 11.1mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Mistley, against a full-month average of 16.0 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
The rain gauges near Mistley 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.
Mistley gets about 567 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 60 mm; driest March, 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), 0.3 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Mistley's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Mistley's monitored area. None of the 2 with a live status is 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.
Village in Essex, England
Mistley is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of northeast Essex, England. It is around 11 miles northeast of Colchester and is east of, and almost contiguous with, Manningtree. The parish consists of Mistley and New Mistley, both lying beside the Stour Estuary, Mistley Heath, about a mile to the south, and Horsley Cross at the southern end of the parish. The village is in the parliamentary constituency of Harwich and North Essex. The village has its own parish council. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 2,956.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.0mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Mistley.
October so far: 50.7mm vs 62.1mm October average — 18% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Mistley is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Mistley'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 Mistley, against a full-month average of 16.0 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 Mistley's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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