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How much rain fell in Rayleigh, Essex? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.7mm of rain forecast for the area around Rayleigh, heaviest in the hour to Tue 09:00 (0.9mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 11:05 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 Rayleigh | 0.1km | 6.9mm | 43.7mm | 63.7mm | 3.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Rochford nr Rochford | 4.8km | 0.0mm | 39.4mm | 61.1mm | 3.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Winter Gardens nr Winter Gardens | 6.6km | 0.0mm | 26.2mm | 43.0mm | 2.4mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 15.9mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Rayleigh, against a full-month average of 16.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 345 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 373 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — 8% 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: 2014 (775 mm). Driest: 2003 (300 mm). Average: 483 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.
Rayleigh gets about 587 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 65 mm; driest March, 35 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), 2.0 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 Rayleigh's monitored area.
16 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Rayleigh's monitored area. None of the 15 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 in Essex, England
Rayleigh is a market town and civil parish in the Rochford District, Essex, England. It lies between Chelmsford and Southend-on-Sea, 32 miles (51 km) east of central London. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 32,248 and the built-up area had 32,380.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.7mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 11 rain gauges within 15km of Rayleigh.
October so far: 59.7mm vs 60.2mm October average — 1% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 11 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Rayleigh is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Rayleigh'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 Rayleigh, against a full-month average of 16.5 rain days.
2014 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 775 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 483 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 300 mm.
2 Oct 2020: 48.7 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 59.8 mm at one of them. Records since 2 Jul 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 Rayleigh's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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