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How much rain fell in Stevenage, Hertfordshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.8mm of rain forecast for the area around Stevenage, heaviest in the hour to Tue 06:00 (1.9mm).
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 Stevenage | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 48.3mm | 77.5mm | 3.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Dane End nr Dane End | 6.5km | 0.0mm | 38.4mm | 58.8mm | 2.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Weston nr Weston | 7.3km | 0.0mm | 45.0mm | 68.6mm | 2.8mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 16.7mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Stevenage, against a full-month average of 16.5 rain days (based on 13 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 425 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 491 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 13% 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 (850 mm). Driest: 2011 (455 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.
Stevenage gets about 649 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 68 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), 0.7 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
Nearest gauge on it: Walkern, 4.5 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 Stevenage's monitored area.
Town and borough in Hertfordshire, England
Stevenage is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, about 28 miles (45 km) north of London. Stevenage is east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1(M), between Letchworth Garden City to the north and Welwyn Garden City to the south. In 1946, Stevenage was designated the United Kingdom's first New Town under the New Towns Act. In 2021 it had a population of 94,456.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 11 rain gauges within 15km of Stevenage.
October so far: 67.8mm vs 69.4mm October average — 2% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 11 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Stevenage is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Stevenage'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 Stevenage, against a full-month average of 16.5 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 850 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 631 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 455 mm.
22 Sep 2024: 47.0 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 Stevenage's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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