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How much rain fell in St Albans, Hertfordshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.7mm of rain forecast for the area around St Albans, heaviest in the hour to 06:00 (1.9mm).
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 St Albans
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: more than 95% chance of more than 1 mm, 35% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: more than 95% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 3.5 km from St Albans. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr St Albans | 0.0km | 3.6mm | 54.0mm | 67.2mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr North Mymms nr North Mymms | 6.2km | 3.8mm | 53.4mm | 70.4mm | 0.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Wheathampstead nr Wheathampstead | 6.5km | 3.6mm | 53.8mm | 72.2mm | 0.2mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 19.2mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr St Albans, against a full-month average of 16.0 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 446 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 507 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 12% 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: 2000 (882 mm). Driest: 2005 (455 mm). Average: 655 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.
St Albans gets about 682 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 75 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), 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
Nearest gauge on it: Harpenden, 9.4 km away: 0.81 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Lee →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of St Albans's monitored area.
City in southern Hertfordshire, England
St Albans is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, 20 miles (32 km) north-west of London, 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Welwyn Garden City and 11 miles (18 km) south-east of Luton. St Albans was the first major town on the old Roman road of Watling Street for travellers heading north and became the city of Verulamium. It has a population of 82,146.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.8mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km of St Albans.
October so far: 76.0mm vs 67.9mm October average — 12% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr St Albans is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of St Albans'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 St Albans, against a full-month average of 16.0 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 882 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 655 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 455 mm.
2 Oct 2020: 52.7 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 64.6 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 St Albans's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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