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How much rain fell in Stradbroke, Suffolk? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 6.1mm of rain forecast for the area around Stradbroke, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (3.1mm).
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 Mid Suffolk nr Mid Suffolk | 0.1km | 13.5mm | 40.1mm | 65.0mm | 6.7mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Eye nr Eye | 8.6km | 11.6mm | 33.1mm | 56.8mm | 4.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Harleston nr Harleston | 9.7km | 14.2mm | 38.4mm | 65.2mm | 7.0mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 13.4mm.
13 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Mid Suffolk, against a full-month average of 18.4 rain days (based on 23 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 368 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 459 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — 20% 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: 2023 (784 mm). Driest: 2017 (433 mm). Average: 582 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
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.
Stradbroke gets about 634 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 62 mm; driest April, 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), 2.3 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: Needham, 6.5 km away: 0.27 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Waveney →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Stradbroke's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Stradbroke'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: © 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 Mid-Suffolk, England
Stradbroke is an English village in the Mid Suffolk district of the county of Suffolk. The census of 2011 gave the parish a population of 1,408, with an estimate of 1,513 in 2018.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
12.9mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Stradbroke.
October so far: 62.7mm vs 63.9mm October average — 2% 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 Mid Suffolk is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Stradbroke's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
13 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Mid Suffolk, against a full-month average of 18.4 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 784 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 582 mm a year. The driest was 2017, with 433 mm.
24 Jul 2015: 45.7 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 56.8 mm at one of them. Records since 16 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 Stradbroke's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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