Real-time Rainfall Data
Automatic Raingauge Data
This record is for Approval for Access product AfA501 for approximately 1000 automatic rainfall data from the Environment Agency rainfall API. The data is available on an update cycle which varies across the country, typically updated daily but updated faster is rainfall is detected. This is update frequency is usually increased during times of flooding, etc. Readings are transferred via telemetry to internal and external systems in or close to real-time. Measurement of the rainfall is taken in millimetres (mm) accumulated over 15 minutes. Note that rainfall data is recorded in GMT, so during British Summer Time (BST) data may appear to be an hour old. Data comes from a network of over 1000 gauges across England. Data shown is raw data collected from the gauges and is subject to quality control procedures. As a result, values may change after publication on this website. Continuous rainfall information is also stored on our hydrometric archive, Wiski, and can be provided in non real-time on request through our customer contact centre. This raw rainfall data is provided to the Met Office for quality control along with all the data from our registered daily storage gauges (c.1400). The quality controlled dataset is covered in AfA148 Quality Controlled Daily and Monthly Raingauge Data from Environment Agency Gauges. Data from a small selection of Met Office raingauges are included in our open data feed. This data is also available from the Met Office as open data. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2016. All rights reserved. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence
dataset
http://environment.data.gov.uk/flood-monitoring/doc/rainfall
protocol: http:
name: Rainfall_Linked_Data_API
description: Rainfall Linked Data API
https://environment.data.gov.uk/flood-monitoring/archive
protocol: http:
name: Daily_Rainfall_Archive
description: Daily Rainfall Archive Data downloads
https://support.environment.data.gov.uk/hc/en-gb
protocol: http:
name: DSP_CUSTOMER_FORUM
description: DEFRA Data Services Platform Customer Forum
c6628ca9-f9ff-4b78-81bd-51bdc645de0f
eng
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
environment
OpenData
Rainfall
Raingauge
Rain
Hydrometry
Monitoring
telemetry
rain
hydrometry
publication
2010-01-13
-6.236
2.072
55.816
49.943
http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/england
2017-01-23
creation
2017-01-23
revision
2021-03-12
continual
Data is collected automatically from rainfall sensors throughout England. These are relayed by telemetry and available through the FWFI Hub as a live feed.
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Not Applicable
Open Government Licence
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2016. All rights reserved. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Environment Agency
DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk
https://support.environment.data.gov.uk/hc/en-gb
description: Defra Data Services Forum
pointOfContact
Environment Agency
metadata@environment-agency.gov.uk
pointOfContact
2021-06-03