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How much rain fell in North Walsham, Norfolk? Daily, weekly and monthly totals from the nearest Environment Agency rain gauges, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.3mm of rain forecast for the area around North Walsham, heaviest in the hour to 08:00 (0.7mm).
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 North Walsham
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 90% chance of more than 1 mm, 10% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: 90% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 1.4 km from North Walsham. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr North Walsham | 0.1km | 2.2mm | 45.7mm | 85.0mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Salle nr Salle | 18.1km | 2.7mm | 44.5mm | 80.2mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Briston nr Briston | 22.3km | 2.2mm | 39.4mm | 75.4mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 16.6mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr North Walsham, against a full-month average of 18.6 rain days (based on 26 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 478 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 502 mm by the same date in an average year (2002–2025) — 5% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the local rain gauge: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2007 (863 mm). Driest: 2002 (396 mm). Average: 649 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the local rain gauge, for UTC days. 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.
North Walsham gets about 676 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 74 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), 2.7 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 North Walsham's monitored area.
3 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of North Walsham's monitored area. None of the 2 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.
Town and civil parish in England
North Walsham is a market town and civil parish in the North Norfolk district of the county of Norfolk, England. The town is located 8 mi (13 km) south of Cromer and Norwich is 15 mi (24 km) south.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
2.2mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from Rainfall gauge nr North Walsham, the nearest reporting rain gauge to North Walsham (0.1km away).
October so far: 85.0mm vs 72.0mm October average — 18% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are from Rainfall gauge nr North Walsham.
Rainfall gauge nr North Walsham is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of North Walsham'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 North Walsham, against a full-month average of 18.6 rain days.
2007 was the wettest year in the record since 2002, with 863 mm from the local rain gauge, against an average of 649 mm a year. The driest was 2002, with 396 mm.
16 Jun 2001: 72.8 mm at the local rain gauge. 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 North Walsham's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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