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How much rain fell in Stoke-by-Nayland, Essex? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 7.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Stoke-by-Nayland, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (3.2mm).
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 Colchester nr Colchester | 0.6km | 14.4mm | 31.9mm | 57.9mm | 8.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr West Bergholt nr West Bergholt | 9.7km | 13.4mm | 26.4mm | 52.6mm | 8.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Mistley nr Mistley | 12.4km | 14.7mm | 32.0mm | 55.4mm | 7.5mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 14.5mm.
13 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Colchester.
2026 so far: 390 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 427 mm by the same date in an average year (2002–2025) — 9% 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: 2012 (724 mm). Driest: 2003 (298 mm). Average: 556 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
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.
Stoke-by-Nayland gets about 580 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 60 mm; driest March, 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), 2.1 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: Langham, 0.0 km away: 0.36 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Stour →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Stoke-by-Nayland's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Stoke-by-Nayland's monitored area. The 1 with a live status is not discharging right now, and 1 has no current status.
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
Stoke-by-Nayland is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county Suffolk, England, close to the border with Essex. The parish includes the village Withermarsh Green and the hamlets Thorington Street and Scotland Street. The village has many cottages and timber-framed houses, all surrounding a recreation field. Possibly once the site of a monastery, the civil parish had a population of 703 at the 2001 Census, falling to 682 at the 2011 Census.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
14.5mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Stoke-by-Nayland.
October so far: 59.7mm vs 62.9mm October average — 5% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Colchester is the nearest rain gauge, 0.6km from the centre of Stoke-by-Nayland's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2002, with 724 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 556 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 298 mm.
27 May 2007: 45.5 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 47.4 mm at one of them. Records since 4 Jul 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 Stoke-by-Nayland's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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