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How much rain fell in St Ippolyts, Hertfordshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.8mm of rain forecast for the area around St Ippolyts, heaviest in the hour to 06:00 (1.1mm).
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.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr St Ippolyts | 0.0km | 3.2mm | 55.4mm | 79.0mm | 0.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr St Paul's Walden nr St Paul's Walden | 6.8km | 3.5mm | 54.1mm | 80.5mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr North Hertfordshire nr North Hertfordshire | 6.9km | 2.4mm | 46.8mm | 62.6mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 16.9mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr St Ippolyts, against a full-month average of 17.5 rain days (based on 19 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 432 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 493 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: 2024 (854 mm). Driest: 2011 (463 mm). Average: 631 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 Ippolyts gets about 648 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 67 mm; driest March, 38 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: Walkern, 9.0 km away: 0.12 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Beane →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 Ippolyts's monitored area.
5 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of St Ippolyts'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: © 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.
Village in Hertfordshire, England
St Ippolyts is a village and civil parish on the southern edge of Hitchin in the North Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England. As well as the village itself, the parish includes the hamlet of Gosmore and southern parts of the Hitchin built up area, alongside rural areas particularly to the south of the village. The parish had a population of 2,076 at the 2021 census.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.1mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of St Ippolyts.
October so far: 70.0mm vs 68.9mm October average — 2% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr St Ippolyts is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of St Ippolyts'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 Ippolyts, against a full-month average of 17.5 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 854 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 631 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 463 mm.
22 Sep 2024: 50.5 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 86.0 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 Ippolyts's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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