Braintree Weather Forecast

Our Braintree weather forecast page details local conditions for today, tonight and tomorrow, and includes any severe weather or flood warnings in force.

Also available for Braintree is a 5 day graphical forecast and our new 30 day long range outlook

Saturday, 18th May 2013 Weather Time Temp Wind Dir Speed Gust Humidity Rain 06:00 7 °c W 6 mph 13 mph 89 % 0 mm 09:00 10 °c W 9 mph 17 mph 80 % 0 mm 12:00 13 °c W 9 mph 18 mph 68 % 0 mm 15:00 14 °c W 8 mph 16 mph 63 % 0 mm 18:00 15 °c SW 7 mph 14 mph 62 % 0 mm 21:00 12 °c SW 5 mph 10 mph 73 % 0 mm

Braintree

The area around Braintree has been settled for about 4000 years. Braintree itself, however, was granted it's town charter in 1190 by Prince John during the reign of Richard I. In 1665 Braintree was decimated by the Black Death. Records show that 856 of its 2300 residents died of the plague. Braintree became known as a mill town as a result of the influx of Flemish immigrants in the 17th Century. At first wool and then silk were worked in the town and, in 1953, Queen Elizabeth II wore silk robes for her coronation that were woven in Braintree.

Weather in Braintree

The weather of 1906 saw snowfall on Boxing Day that was seven inches thick and was so extreme that it caused the town clock to stop. In 1921 the summer weather was so hot that on 10th July a farmer in Braintree was ruined by a fire that started in a haystack and spread to destroy all of his buildings. On July 5th 1999, Sible Hedingham, near Braintree, recorded the heaviest single daily rainfall on weather records for Essex, measured at 122mm.