Global region
Water in England and Wales (climate district)
The combined England and Wales areal series. The England and Wales Precipitation series is one of the longest instrumental rainfall records in the world.
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Annual precipitation
886 mm
2025
Where this number comes from
Spatially aggregatedHigh confidence2025
Source: Met Office — HadUK-Grid gridded climate observations, HadUK-Grid areal series, Rainfall, England and Wales, 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 — England and Wales (climate district)
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| Period | England and Wales (climate district) (mm) |
|---|---|
| 1836 | 961 |
| 1837 | 812 |
| 1838 | 828 |
| 1839 | 1,005 |
| 1840 | 756 |
| 1841 | 1,059 |
| 1842 | 798 |
| 1843 | 891 |
| 1844 | 694 |
| 1845 | 858 |
| 1846 | 884 |
| 1847 | 820 |
| 1848 | 1,080 |
| 1849 | 840 |
| 1850 | 755 |
| 1851 | 779 |
| 1852 | 1,155 |
| 1853 | 831 |
| 1854 | 679 |
| 1855 | 699 |
| 1856 | 833 |
| 1857 | 796 |
| 1858 | 713 |
| 1859 | 895 |
| 1860 | 1,036 |
| 1861 | 824 |
| 1862 | 900 |
| 1863 | 841 |
| 1864 | 683 |
| 1865 | 876 |
| 1866 | 1,009 |
| 1867 | 860 |
| 1868 | 889 |
| 1869 | 915 |
| 1870 | 722 |
| 1871 | 840 |
| 1872 | 1,269 |
| 1873 | 785 |
| 1874 | 831 |
| 1875 | 987 |
| 1876 | 1,008 |
| 1877 | 1,106 |
| 1878 | 935 |
| 1879 | 929 |
| 1880 | 966 |
| 1881 | 927 |
| 1882 | 1,109 |
| 1883 | 945 |
| 1884 | 778 |
| 1885 | 877 |
| 1886 | 1,000 |
| 1887 | 647 |
| 1888 | 845 |
| 1889 | 798 |
| 1890 | 787 |
| 1891 | 984 |
| 1892 | 803 |
| 1893 | 733 |
| 1894 | 942 |
| 1895 | 822 |
| 1896 | 806 |
| 1897 | 885 |
| 1898 | 768 |
| 1899 | 822 |
| 1900 | 943 |
| 1901 | 761 |
| 1902 | 729 |
| 1903 | 1,140 |
| 1904 | 780 |
| 1905 | 735 |
| 1906 | 878 |
| 1907 | 876 |
| 1908 | 793 |
| 1909 | 905 |
| 1910 | 983 |
| 1911 | 832 |
| 1912 | 1,076 |
| 1913 | 857 |
| 1914 | 946 |
| 1915 | 947 |
| 1916 | 988 |
| 1917 | 848 |
| 1918 | 943 |
| 1919 | 895 |
| 1920 | 949 |
| 1921 | 629 |
| 1922 | 906 |
| 1923 | 984 |
| 1924 | 1,040 |
| 1925 | 918 |
| 1926 | 878 |
| 1927 | 1,062 |
| 1928 | 1,012 |
| 1929 | 883 |
| 1930 | 1,021 |
| 1931 | 959 |
| 1932 | 899 |
| 1933 | 698 |
| 1934 | 831 |
| 1935 | 972 |
| 1936 | 940 |
| 1937 | 918 |
| 1938 | 887 |
| 1939 | 987 |
| 1940 | 876 |
| 1941 | 818 |
| 1942 | 821 |
| 1943 | 835 |
| 1944 | 884 |
| 1945 | 814 |
| 1946 | 1,038 |
| 1947 | 799 |
| 1948 | 954 |
| 1949 | 783 |
| 1950 | 998 |
| 1951 | 1,062 |
| 1952 | 864 |
| 1953 | 747 |
| 1954 | 1,092 |
| 1955 | 757 |
| 1956 | 838 |
| 1957 | 902 |
| 1958 | 1,012 |
| 1959 | 818 |
| 1960 | 1,152 |
| 1961 | 880 |
| 1962 | 803 |
| 1963 | 852 |
| 1964 | 717 |
| 1965 | 998 |
| 1966 | 1,026 |
| 1967 | 1,002 |
| 1968 | 966 |
| 1969 | 883 |
| 1970 | 920 |
| 1971 | 795 |
| 1972 | 866 |
| 1973 | 732 |
| 1974 | 1,015 |
| 1975 | 748 |
| 1976 | 786 |
| 1977 | 931 |
| 1978 | 880 |
| 1979 | 986 |
| 1980 | 964 |
| 1981 | 997 |
| 1982 | 970 |
| 1983 | 884 |
| 1984 | 902 |
| 1985 | 891 |
| 1986 | 996 |
| 1987 | 917 |
| 1988 | 929 |
| 1989 | 820 |
| 1990 | 842 |
| 1991 | 798 |
| 1992 | 955 |
| 1993 | 976 |
| 1994 | 1,012 |
| 1995 | 820 |
| 1996 | 748 |
| 1997 | 856 |
| 1998 | 1,069 |
| 1999 | 1,032 |
| 2000 | 1,215 |
| 2001 | 929 |
| 2002 | 1,092 |
| 2003 | 737 |
| 2004 | 971 |
| 2005 | 822 |
| 2006 | 930 |
| 2007 | 1,009 |
| 2008 | 1,075 |
| 2009 | 960 |
| 2010 | 782 |
| 2011 | 791 |
| 2012 | 1,205 |
| 2013 | 885 |
| 2014 | 1,061 |
| 2015 | 963 |
| 2016 | 898 |
| 2017 | 906 |
| 2018 | 873 |
| 2019 | 1,065 |
| 2020 | 1,093 |
| 2021 | 962 |
| 2022 | 849 |
| 2023 | 1,160 |
| 2024 | 1,120 |
| 2025 | 886 |