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How much rain fell in Mountnessing, Essex? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 9.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Mountnessing, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (2.8mm).
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 Brentwood nr Brentwood | 0.2km | 15.4mm | 28.8mm | 58.2mm | 10.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Downham nr Downham | 7.3km | 10.1mm | 30.0mm | 55.9mm | 9.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Greater London nr Greater London | 9.6km | 16.9mm | 30.4mm | 54.0mm | 8.4mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 14.4mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Brentwood, against a full-month average of 18.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 362 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 426 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — 15% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 8 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (753 mm). Driest: 2010 (372 mm). Average: 552 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 8 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.
Mountnessing gets about 621 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 68 mm; driest March, 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), 2.8 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 Mountnessing's monitored area.
6 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Mountnessing's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 5 report not discharging.
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 and civil parish in Essex, England
Mountnessing is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Brentwood in Essex, England. It is situated to the north-east of Brentwood and south-west of Ingatestone. The main part of the village lies along the Roman Road between Brentwood and Ingatestone, which was formerly the A12 until the village was bypassed in the 1970s. The village is approximately equidistant between the two closest railway stations at Shenfield and Ingatestone. Its main attraction is Mountnessing Windmill. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 1,437.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
14.4mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 10 rain gauges within 15km of Mountnessing.
October so far: 53.6mm vs 60.2mm October average — 11% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 10 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Brentwood is the nearest rain gauge, 0.2km from the centre of Mountnessing's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Brentwood, against a full-month average of 18.5 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 753 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 552 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 372 mm.
2 Oct 2020: 55.1 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 59.4 mm at one of them. Records since 4 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 Mountnessing's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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