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How much rain fell in Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 12.6mm of rain forecast for the area around Staines-upon-Thames, heaviest in the hour to 23:00 (6.3mm).
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 Thorpe nr Thorpe | 4.3km | 22.9mm | 51.3mm | 76.9mm | 11.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Old Windsor nr Old Windsor | 5.8km | 18.2mm | 45.7mm | 71.0mm | 10.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Greater London nr Greater London | 5.8km | 22.4mm | 46.8mm | 66.8mm | 8.4mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 20.2mm.
12 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Thorpe, against a full-month average of 12.0 rain days (based on 1 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 438 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 497 mm by the same date in an average year (2004–2025) — 12% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 5 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2014 (892 mm). Driest: 2005 (479 mm). Average: 643 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 5 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.
Staines-upon-Thames gets about 645 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 70 mm; driest March, 41 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), 1.7 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: Staines, 1.0 km away: 2.69 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Thames →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Staines-upon-Thames's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Staines-upon-Thames's monitored area. The 1 with a live status is not 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: © Thames 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 Surrey, England
Staines-upon-Thames, commonly known simply as Staines, is a market town in northwest Surrey, England, around 17 miles west of central London. It is in the Borough of Spelthorne, at the confluence of the River Thames and Colne. Historically part of Middlesex, the town was transferred to Surrey in 1965. Staines is close to Heathrow Airport and is linked to the national motorway network by the M25 and M3. The town is part of the Greater London Built-up Area.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
20.2mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Staines-upon-Thames.
October so far: 72.0mm vs 76.0mm October average — 5% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Thorpe is the nearest rain gauge, 4.3km from the centre of Staines-upon-Thames's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
12 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Thorpe, against a full-month average of 12.0 rain days.
2014 was the wettest year in the record since 2004, with 892 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 643 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 479 mm.
13 Aug 2006: 48.3 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 84.0 mm at one of them. Records since 1 Jul 2003.
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 Staines-upon-Thames's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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