Global region
Water in East Anglia (climate district)
Met Office climate district covering East Anglia — the driest part of the UK, with parts receiving under 600 mm a year.
Headline indicators
Annual precipitation
501 mm
2025
Where this number comes from
Spatially aggregatedHigh confidence2025
Source: Met Office — HadUK-Grid gridded climate observations, HadUK-Grid areal series, Rainfall, East Anglia, annual. Licence: Open — attribution required (attribution required).
Method: Met Office published area-average total precipitation, from the HadUK-Grid 1 km gridded analysis of the national rain gauge network. Gauge density is far lower in the nineteenth century than today, and mountain precipitation is systematically under-measured, so early values carry greater uncertainty than recent ones.
Retrieved 24 August 2026.
Rainfall
Annual rainfall — East Anglia (climate district)
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| Period | East Anglia (climate district) (mm) |
|---|---|
| 1836 | 683 |
| 1837 | 585 |
| 1838 | 516 |
| 1839 | 658 |
| 1840 | 467 |
| 1841 | 766 |
| 1842 | 599 |
| 1843 | 689 |
| 1844 | 569 |
| 1845 | 586 |
| 1846 | 578 |
| 1847 | 521 |
| 1848 | 777 |
| 1849 | 622 |
| 1850 | 515 |
| 1851 | 603 |
| 1852 | 831 |
| 1853 | 675 |
| 1854 | 504 |
| 1855 | 571 |
| 1856 | 558 |
| 1857 | 598 |
| 1858 | 494 |
| 1859 | 639 |
| 1860 | 772 |
| 1861 | 513 |
| 1862 | 599 |
| 1863 | 489 |
| 1864 | 415 |
| 1865 | 705 |
| 1866 | 698 |
| 1867 | 635 |
| 1868 | 544 |
| 1869 | 655 |
| 1870 | 481 |
| 1871 | 570 |
| 1872 | 842 |
| 1873 | 553 |
| 1874 | 479 |
| 1875 | 719 |
| 1876 | 713 |
| 1877 | 718 |
| 1878 | 683 |
| 1879 | 753 |
| 1880 | 716 |
| 1881 | 661 |
| 1882 | 762 |
| 1883 | 680 |
| 1884 | 485 |
| 1885 | 675 |
| 1886 | 639 |
| 1887 | 468 |
| 1888 | 611 |
| 1889 | 650 |
| 1890 | 557 |
| 1891 | 658 |
| 1892 | 669 |
| 1893 | 516 |
| 1894 | 649 |
| 1895 | 563 |
| 1896 | 616 |
| 1897 | 569 |
| 1898 | 504 |
| 1899 | 573 |
| 1900 | 610 |
| 1901 | 490 |
| 1902 | 510 |
| 1903 | 799 |
| 1904 | 510 |
| 1905 | 541 |
| 1906 | 639 |
| 1907 | 596 |
| 1908 | 542 |
| 1909 | 684 |
| 1910 | 682 |
| 1911 | 571 |
| 1912 | 768 |
| 1913 | 532 |
| 1914 | 627 |
| 1915 | 693 |
| 1916 | 745 |
| 1917 | 630 |
| 1918 | 674 |
| 1919 | 669 |
| 1920 | 555 |
| 1921 | 350 |
| 1922 | 639 |
| 1923 | 618 |
| 1924 | 740 |
| 1925 | 607 |
| 1926 | 611 |
| 1927 | 753 |
| 1928 | 616 |
| 1929 | 540 |
| 1930 | 679 |
| 1931 | 637 |
| 1932 | 580 |
| 1933 | 474 |
| 1934 | 504 |
| 1935 | 648 |
| 1936 | 675 |
| 1937 | 743 |
| 1938 | 515 |
| 1939 | 761 |
| 1940 | 600 |
| 1941 | 610 |
| 1942 | 595 |
| 1943 | 485 |
| 1944 | 583 |
| 1945 | 553 |
| 1946 | 714 |
| 1947 | 493 |
| 1948 | 607 |
| 1949 | 491 |
| 1950 | 659 |
| 1951 | 736 |
| 1952 | 630 |
| 1953 | 509 |
| 1954 | 685 |
| 1955 | 522 |
| 1956 | 580 |
| 1957 | 583 |
| 1958 | 750 |
| 1959 | 480 |
| 1960 | 775 |
| 1961 | 606 |
| 1962 | 528 |
| 1963 | 573 |
| 1964 | 491 |
| 1965 | 696 |
| 1966 | 683 |
| 1967 | 606 |
| 1968 | 695 |
| 1969 | 615 |
| 1970 | 618 |
| 1971 | 566 |
| 1972 | 479 |
| 1973 | 497 |
| 1974 | 675 |
| 1975 | 555 |
| 1976 | 513 |
| 1977 | 572 |
| 1978 | 615 |
| 1979 | 668 |
| 1980 | 587 |
| 1981 | 654 |
| 1982 | 657 |
| 1983 | 567 |
| 1984 | 638 |
| 1985 | 582 |
| 1986 | 641 |
| 1987 | 705 |
| 1988 | 629 |
| 1989 | 539 |
| 1990 | 484 |
| 1991 | 481 |
| 1992 | 699 |
| 1993 | 719 |
| 1994 | 617 |
| 1995 | 550 |
| 1996 | 458 |
| 1997 | 533 |
| 1998 | 712 |
| 1999 | 670 |
| 2000 | 780 |
| 2001 | 780 |
| 2002 | 708 |
| 2003 | 517 |
| 2004 | 677 |
| 2005 | 530 |
| 2006 | 606 |
| 2007 | 689 |
| 2008 | 684 |
| 2009 | 597 |
| 2010 | 585 |
| 2011 | 454 |
| 2012 | 810 |
| 2013 | 561 |
| 2014 | 737 |
| 2015 | 584 |
| 2016 | 588 |
| 2017 | 604 |
| 2018 | 557 |
| 2019 | 628 |
| 2020 | 697 |
| 2021 | 635 |
| 2022 | 503 |
| 2023 | 776 |
| 2024 | 730 |
| 2025 | 501 |