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How much rain fell in Sternfield, Suffolk? Daily, weekly and monthly totals from the nearest Environment Agency rain gauges, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.5mm of rain forecast for the area around Sternfield, heaviest in the hour to Tue 07:00 (0.2mm).
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 Farnham nr Farnham | 2.6km | 0.0mm | 46.5mm | 85.1mm | 3.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Martlesham nr Martlesham | 17.8km | 0.0mm | 36.4mm | 72.6mm | 2.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Chediston nr Chediston | 18.5km | 0.2mm | 36.0mm | 67.2mm | 2.6mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 18.9mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Farnham.
The rain gauges near Sternfield do not have a long enough daily record yet, so this is the Met Office series for the wider region.
Yearly rainfall 1986–2025, with the dashed line at the 1991–2020 average. Wettest: 2012 (810 mm). Driest: 2011 (454 mm). Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Sternfield gets about 623 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 63 mm; driest April, 36 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), 2.0 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 Sternfield's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Sternfield'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: © 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 Suffolk, England
Sternfield is a village in Suffolk, England. It is located 1 mile (2 km) south of Saxmundham, its post town. The village is very small and irregularly built, and is wholly agricultural.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from Rainfall gauge nr Farnham, the nearest reporting rain gauge to Sternfield (2.6km away).
October so far: 85.1mm, from Rainfall gauge nr Farnham, the nearest reporting rain gauge to Sternfield (2.6km away). There is not yet enough history to compute a reliable October average.
Rainfall gauge nr Farnham is the nearest rain gauge, 2.6km from the centre of Sternfield's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
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 Sternfield's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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