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How much rain fell in Thetford, Norfolk? Daily, weekly and monthly totals from the nearest Environment Agency rain gauges, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Thetford, heaviest in the hour to 07:00 (0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated Mon 23:05 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 Thetford | 0.0km | 3.4mm | 45.0mm | 76.8mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr West Suffolk nr West Suffolk | 15.3km | 3.2mm | 41.9mm | 72.8mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Breckland nr Breckland | 19.5km | 3.4mm | 39.4mm | 75.4mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 17.6mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Thetford, against a full-month average of 17.2 rain days (based on 25 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 435 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 499 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 13% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the local rain gauge: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (908 mm). Driest: 2011 (415 mm). Average: 632 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the local rain gauge, for UTC days. 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.
Thetford gets about 664 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 66 mm; driest April, 40 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: Abbey Heath, 1.4 km away: 0.08 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Little Ouse →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Thetford's monitored area.
3 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Thetford's monitored area. None of the 3 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.
Town in Norfolk, England
Thetford is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland District of Norfolk, England. It is on the A11 road between Norwich and London, just east of Thetford Forest. The civil parish, covering an area of 29.55 km2 (11.41 sq mi), in 2011 had a population of 24,340.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.4mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from Rainfall gauge nr Thetford, the nearest reporting rain gauge to Thetford (0.0km away).
October so far: 76.8mm vs 72.4mm October average — 6% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are from Rainfall gauge nr Thetford.
Rainfall gauge nr Thetford is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Thetford's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Thetford, against a full-month average of 17.2 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 908 mm from the local rain gauge, against an average of 632 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 415 mm.
27 Jun 2017: 78.4 mm at the local rain gauge. 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 Thetford's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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