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How much rain fell in Rainham, Medway? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 4.7mm of rain forecast for the area around Rainham, heaviest in the hour to Tue 09:00 (1.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 05:05 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 Rainham | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 39.9mm | 79.2mm | 0.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Sittingbourne nr Sittingbourne | 9.0km | 0.2mm | 37.8mm | 68.6mm | 0.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ham Hill nr Ham Hill | 14.3km | 0.4mm | 52.8mm | 85.9mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 16.6mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Rainham, against a full-month average of 16.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 398 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 435 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 9% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 5 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2000 (853 mm). Driest: 2003 (382 mm). Average: 575 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 5 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.
Rainham gets about 590 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), 0.9 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 Rainham's monitored area.
33 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Rainham's monitored area. None of the 29 with a live status is discharging right now, and 4 have 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: © Southern 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 in England
Rainham is a town in the unitary authority area of Medway, in the ceremonial county of Kent, England. The town forms a conurbation with neighbouring towns Chatham, Rochester, Strood and Gillingham. Historically, Rainham was a separate village which was absorbed into Gillingham in 1929, before becoming part of the Medway unitary authority in 1998.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.1mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Rainham.
October so far: 68.2mm vs 69.6mm October average — 2% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Rainham is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Rainham'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 Rainham, against a full-month average of 16.5 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 853 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 575 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 382 mm.
11 Oct 2013: 59.7 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 61.8 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 Rainham's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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