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How much rain fell in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
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Next 24 hours: about 10.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Royal Tunbridge Wells, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (4.4mm).
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 Sevenoaks (north-west) nr Sevenoaks | 7.3km | 15.8mm | 42.9mm | 73.5mm | 11.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Lamberhurst nr Lamberhurst | 8.4km | 26.8mm | 53.9mm | 88.8mm | 14.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Sevenoaks (west) nr Sevenoaks | 10.4km | 16.2mm | 43.3mm | 81.3mm | 14.3mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 18.4mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Sevenoaks (north-west), against a full-month average of 16.0 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 518 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 620 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 16% drier.
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: 2000 (1,247 mm). Driest: 2005 (488 mm). Average: 848 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.
Royal Tunbridge Wells gets about 772 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 89 mm; driest March, 48 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), 0.2 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
Nearest gauge on it: Hartlake Bridge, 4.7 km away: 0.64 m Falling slightly ▼.
Every gauge on the River Medway →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Royal Tunbridge Wells's monitored area.
12 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Royal Tunbridge Wells's monitored area. 3 are discharging now, 8 report not discharging, 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: © 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 Kent, England
Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in Kent, England, 30 miles southeast of Central London. It lies close to the border with East Sussex on the northern edge of the High Weald, whose sandstone geology is exemplified by the rock formation High Rocks. The town was a spa in the Restoration and a fashionable resort in the mid-1700s under Beau Nash when the Pantiles, and its chalybeate spring, attracted visitors who wished to take the waters. Though its popularity as a spa town waned with the advent of sea bathing, the town still derives much of its income from tourism. The prefix "Royal" was granted to it in 1909 by King Edward VII; it is one of only four towns in England with the title.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
18.4mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Royal Tunbridge Wells.
October so far: 84.6mm vs 96.5mm October average — 12% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Sevenoaks (north-west) is the nearest rain gauge, 7.3km from the centre of Royal Tunbridge Wells'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 Sevenoaks (north-west), against a full-month average of 16.0 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,247 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 848 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 488 mm.
11 Oct 2000: 78.0 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 98.2 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 Royal Tunbridge Wells's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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