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How much rain fell in West Suffolk, Suffolk? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Another rain gauge is also registered under the name West Suffolk: Rainfall gauge nr West Suffolk (Suffolk) — see its gauge page. The figures here are for West Suffolk, Suffolk.
Next 24 hours: little or no rain forecast for the area around West Suffolk (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 11:05 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.
Chance of rain in West Suffolk
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: less than 5% chance of more than 1 mm, less than 5% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: less than 5% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 04:40 on Tue 27 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point under 1 km from West Suffolk. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr West Suffolk | 0.0km | 3.2mm | 41.9mm | 74.1mm | 1.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Bury St Edmunds nr Bury St Edmunds | 15.0km | 3.3mm | 41.3mm | 75.4mm | 1.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Thetford nr Thetford | 15.4km | 3.4mm | 45.0mm | 80.6mm | 3.8mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 16.7mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr West Suffolk, against a full-month average of 16.6 rain days (based on 24 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 375 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 509 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2024) — 26% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 2 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2001 (829 mm). Driest: 2005 (512 mm). Average: 635 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 2 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.
West Suffolk gets about 623 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 66 mm; driest April, 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), 1.1 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: Knettishall, 7.4 km away: 0.12 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 West Suffolk's monitored area.
3 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of West Suffolk'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.
3.3mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of West Suffolk.
October so far: 74.8mm vs 69.4mm October average — 8% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr West Suffolk is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of West Suffolk's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr West Suffolk, against a full-month average of 16.6 rain days.
2001 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 829 mm from the average of 2 local rain gauges, against an average of 635 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 512 mm.
27 Jun 2017: 49.6 mm on average across 2 local rain gauges, and up to 54.8 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 West Suffolk's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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