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How much rain fell in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: little or no rain forecast for the area around Whittlesey (under 0.2mm).
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 Whittlesey | 0.0km | 0.2mm | 30.5mm | 64.1mm | 0.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Thorney nr Thorney | 3.2km | 0.1mm | 12.5mm | 12.8mm | 0.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Crowland nr Crowland | 13.3km | 0.1mm | 15.0mm | 18.0mm | 0.4mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 10.0mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Whittlesey, against a full-month average of 14.1 rain days (based on 15 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 373 mm (1 Jan to 27 Oct), against 444 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 16% 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: 2012 (786 mm). Driest: 2011 (376 mm). Average: 552 mm a year.
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.
Whittlesey gets about 570 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 59 mm; driest March, 35 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), 1.3 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Whittlesey's monitored area.
3 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Whittlesey'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.
Market town in Cambridgeshire, England
Whittlesey is an historic market town and civil parish in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England. Whittlesey is 6 miles (10 km) east of Peterborough. In 2021 the built-up area had a population of 13,823. The population of the parish was 17,667 at the 2021 Census.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.5mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Whittlesey.
October so far: 43.2mm vs 60.7mm October average — 29% drier. Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Whittlesey is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Whittlesey'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 Whittlesey, against a full-month average of 14.1 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 786 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 552 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 376 mm.
17 Jul 2009: 56.0 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 65.2 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 Whittlesey's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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