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How much rain fell in St. Mary in the Marsh, 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 St. Mary in the Marsh (under 0.2mm).
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 St. Mary in the Marsh | 0.0km | 0.2mm | 41.8mm | 82.4mm | 0.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Lydd nr Lydd | 7.5km | 0.6mm | 60.8mm | 98.6mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Sellindge nr Sellindge | 10.9km | 0.5mm | 53.2mm | 94.0mm | 0.1mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 24.5mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr St. Mary in the Marsh, against a full-month average of 17.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 541 mm (1 Jan to 27 Oct), against 571 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 5% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 6 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2000 (1,031 mm). Driest: 2001 (589 mm). Average: 775 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 6 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. Mary in the Marsh gets about 695 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 85 mm; driest March, 39 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), 1.4 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
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. Mary in the Marsh's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of St. Mary in the Marsh's monitored area. None of the 2 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
St Mary in the Marsh is a village and civil parish near New Romney in Kent, England, situated in the heart of Romney Marsh in one of its least densely populated areas, with most local amenities available 3 miles away in New Romney or St Mary's Bay at 2 miles. The village centre consists of about forty homes, a few scattered farms and The Star Inn, along with the church of St Mary the Virgin and the St Marys Hut, now closed. St Mary's Bay is also in the parish. A group of villagers have established a charity "St Mary in the Marsh Project Fund" with the aim of building a new community hub.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.3mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of St. Mary in the Marsh.
October so far: 100.5mm vs 91.9mm October average — 9% wetter. Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr St. Mary in the Marsh is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of St. Mary in the Marsh's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr St. Mary in the Marsh, against a full-month average of 17.5 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,031 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 775 mm a year. The driest was 2001, with 589 mm.
13 Aug 2015: 43.7 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 59.2 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 St. Mary in the Marsh's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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