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How much rain fell in Rough Common, Kent? 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 Rough Common (under 0.2mm).
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 Rough Common | 0.1km | 2.7mm | 52.6mm | 100.0mm | 0.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Canterbury nr Canterbury | 3.9km | 2.0mm | 49.0mm | 100.2mm | 0.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Chartham nr Chartham | 4.5km | 1.6mm | 58.0mm | 99.2mm | 1.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 24.4mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Rough Common, against a full-month average of 17.6 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 495 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 478 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 7 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2014 (898 mm). Driest: 2003 (410 mm). Average: 632 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 7 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.
Rough Common gets about 693 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 82 mm; driest March, 40 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), 2.4 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
Nearest gauge on it: West Gate Gardens, 2.3 km away: 0.28 m Falling slightly ▼.
Every gauge on the Great Stour →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Rough Common's monitored area.
5 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Rough Common's monitored area. None of the 5 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: © 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.
Village in Kent, England
Rough Common is a village in Canterbury in the parish of Harbledown, Kent, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Harbledown and Rough Common.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
2.2mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Rough Common.
October so far: 94.3mm vs 74.1mm October average — 27% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Rough Common is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Rough Common'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 Rough Common, against a full-month average of 17.6 rain days.
2014 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 898 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 632 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 410 mm.
11 Oct 2000: 46.3 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 51.2 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 Rough Common's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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