Global region
Water in Southern England (climate district)
Met Office climate district covering southern England. The driest part of the UK, and the region where water resources are most constrained.
Headline indicators
Annual precipitation
730 mm
2025
Where this number comes from
Spatially aggregatedHigh confidence2025
Source: Met Office — HadUK-Grid gridded climate observations, HadUK-Grid areal series, Rainfall, England S, 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 — Southern England (climate district)
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| Period | Southern England (climate district) (mm) |
|---|---|
| 1836 | 823 |
| 1837 | 684 |
| 1838 | 703 |
| 1839 | 889 |
| 1840 | 609 |
| 1841 | 935 |
| 1842 | 720 |
| 1843 | 797 |
| 1844 | 641 |
| 1845 | 706 |
| 1846 | 763 |
| 1847 | 686 |
| 1848 | 958 |
| 1849 | 725 |
| 1850 | 652 |
| 1851 | 670 |
| 1852 | 1,035 |
| 1853 | 775 |
| 1854 | 551 |
| 1855 | 636 |
| 1856 | 723 |
| 1857 | 705 |
| 1858 | 606 |
| 1859 | 783 |
| 1860 | 934 |
| 1861 | 674 |
| 1862 | 775 |
| 1863 | 681 |
| 1864 | 546 |
| 1865 | 828 |
| 1866 | 871 |
| 1867 | 762 |
| 1868 | 769 |
| 1869 | 782 |
| 1870 | 574 |
| 1871 | 731 |
| 1872 | 1,064 |
| 1873 | 690 |
| 1874 | 685 |
| 1875 | 909 |
| 1876 | 899 |
| 1877 | 915 |
| 1878 | 839 |
| 1879 | 873 |
| 1880 | 861 |
| 1881 | 791 |
| 1882 | 965 |
| 1883 | 806 |
| 1884 | 640 |
| 1885 | 786 |
| 1886 | 848 |
| 1887 | 566 |
| 1888 | 754 |
| 1889 | 713 |
| 1890 | 658 |
| 1891 | 864 |
| 1892 | 671 |
| 1893 | 620 |
| 1894 | 831 |
| 1895 | 702 |
| 1896 | 682 |
| 1897 | 756 |
| 1898 | 618 |
| 1899 | 694 |
| 1900 | 791 |
| 1901 | 640 |
| 1902 | 644 |
| 1903 | 987 |
| 1904 | 685 |
| 1905 | 640 |
| 1906 | 749 |
| 1907 | 750 |
| 1908 | 656 |
| 1909 | 786 |
| 1910 | 874 |
| 1911 | 694 |
| 1912 | 962 |
| 1913 | 742 |
| 1914 | 836 |
| 1915 | 886 |
| 1916 | 880 |
| 1917 | 742 |
| 1918 | 790 |
| 1919 | 806 |
| 1920 | 771 |
| 1921 | 454 |
| 1922 | 797 |
| 1923 | 805 |
| 1924 | 951 |
| 1925 | 808 |
| 1926 | 747 |
| 1927 | 938 |
| 1928 | 817 |
| 1929 | 758 |
| 1930 | 860 |
| 1931 | 796 |
| 1932 | 776 |
| 1933 | 600 |
| 1934 | 687 |
| 1935 | 858 |
| 1936 | 819 |
| 1937 | 871 |
| 1938 | 692 |
| 1939 | 886 |
| 1940 | 771 |
| 1941 | 744 |
| 1942 | 712 |
| 1943 | 674 |
| 1944 | 712 |
| 1945 | 689 |
| 1946 | 912 |
| 1947 | 660 |
| 1948 | 800 |
| 1949 | 648 |
| 1950 | 845 |
| 1951 | 947 |
| 1952 | 777 |
| 1953 | 621 |
| 1954 | 881 |
| 1955 | 681 |
| 1956 | 702 |
| 1957 | 750 |
| 1958 | 905 |
| 1959 | 719 |
| 1960 | 1,045 |
| 1961 | 734 |
| 1962 | 668 |
| 1963 | 737 |
| 1964 | 603 |
| 1965 | 854 |
| 1966 | 888 |
| 1967 | 826 |
| 1968 | 849 |
| 1969 | 761 |
| 1970 | 788 |
| 1971 | 710 |
| 1972 | 736 |
| 1973 | 608 |
| 1974 | 896 |
| 1975 | 651 |
| 1976 | 672 |
| 1977 | 797 |
| 1978 | 739 |
| 1979 | 841 |
| 1980 | 791 |
| 1981 | 840 |
| 1982 | 834 |
| 1983 | 718 |
| 1984 | 790 |
| 1985 | 745 |
| 1986 | 837 |
| 1987 | 775 |
| 1988 | 762 |
| 1989 | 715 |
| 1990 | 671 |
| 1991 | 669 |
| 1992 | 830 |
| 1993 | 867 |
| 1994 | 864 |
| 1995 | 731 |
| 1996 | 633 |
| 1997 | 737 |
| 1998 | 899 |
| 1999 | 886 |
| 2000 | 1,038 |
| 2001 | 839 |
| 2002 | 948 |
| 2003 | 629 |
| 2004 | 801 |
| 2005 | 668 |
| 2006 | 765 |
| 2007 | 887 |
| 2008 | 885 |
| 2009 | 806 |
| 2010 | 673 |
| 2011 | 603 |
| 2012 | 1,046 |
| 2013 | 780 |
| 2014 | 959 |
| 2015 | 750 |
| 2016 | 747 |
| 2017 | 742 |
| 2018 | 752 |
| 2019 | 893 |
| 2020 | 913 |
| 2021 | 806 |
| 2022 | 710 |
| 2023 | 998 |
| 2024 | 993 |
| 2025 | 730 |