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How much rain fell in Tacolneston, Norfolk? 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 Tacolneston, 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 South Norfolk nr South Norfolk | 0.2km | 13.1mm | 35.6mm | 67.8mm | 8.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Morley St Peter nr Morley St Peter | 10.8km | 9.2mm | 30.6mm | 49.2mm | 7.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Breckland nr Breckland | 11.7km | 10.6mm | 32.6mm | 63.0mm | 8.4mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 11.8mm.
13 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr South Norfolk, against a full-month average of 14.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 378 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 487 mm by the same date in an average year (2005–2025) — 22% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 4 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (794 mm). Driest: 2011 (404 mm). Average: 612 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 4 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.
Tacolneston gets about 661 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 67 mm; driest April, 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), 1.8 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 Discharging now
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Tacolneston's monitored area.
3 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Tacolneston's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 2 report not discharging.
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 Norfolk, England
Tacolneston is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk with a population of around 700, measured at the 2011 census as a population of 825. Its name occurs in the 1086 Domesday Book as Tacoluestuna and is theorized to come from Anglo-Saxon Tātwulfes tūn, meaning "Tātwulf's farmstead", via an old handwriting misread 'n' for 'u'.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
11.8mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Tacolneston.
October so far: 61.3mm vs 60.5mm October average — 1% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr South Norfolk is the nearest rain gauge, 0.2km from the centre of Tacolneston'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 South Norfolk, against a full-month average of 14.5 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2005, with 794 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 612 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 404 mm.
25 Aug 2004: 63.2 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 123.6 mm at one of them. Records since 11 May 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 Tacolneston's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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