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How much rain fell in Allet, Cornwall? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 3.1mm of rain forecast for the area around Allet, heaviest in the hour to Tue 01:00 (1.0mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across whose centre is 13 km from Allet, updated 11:05 UK time. It is a forecast, not a measurement, and not a Met Office forecast. Weather data by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Daily totals for UK days from the same computer model; "dry" means under 0.2mm. Forecasts further ahead are less certain.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Allet | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 71.9mm | 107.0mm | 6.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Truro nr Truro | 7.3km | 1.2mm | 78.8mm | 111.2mm | 6.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr St. Newlyn East nr St. Newlyn East | 9.9km | 1.5mm | 57.8mm | 93.8mm | 7.2mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 23.6mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Allet, against a full-month average of 21.9 rain days (based on 13 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 964 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 822 mm by the same date in an average year (2009–2025) — 17% wetter.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 5 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2025 (1,323 mm). Driest: 2010 (843 mm). Average: 1,143 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 5 local rain gauges, for UTC days; one gauge can catch much more than the average. A storm's figure adds up the rain measured on its dates, from our list of Met Office named storms and major floods — other weather on those days counts too.
Allet gets about 1,138 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 141 mm; driest June, 63 mm). That is close to the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year.
Monthly averages in mm. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.7 km from the town's gauge centre. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. UK comparison: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, 1991-2020, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Rain gauge River gauge Storm overflow
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Allet's monitored area.
3 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Allet's monitored area. None of the 3 with a live status is discharging right now.
Event Duration Monitors show when an overflow may be spilling; they do not confirm it, and this is not advice on water quality. A live status older than two hours counts as no current status. Live status: © South West Water storm overflow activity data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Annual spill figures: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring return, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, Open Government Licence (OGL) v3.0.
Village in Cornwall, England
Shortlanesend is a village in Kenwyn parish, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies two miles north of the city of Truro at grid reference SW 805 475. The name was recorded as Penfounder in 1547. Shortlanesend is in the former Carrick District. The village has a Methodist chapel, village hall, pub, the Old Plough Inn, a post office and primary school.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.3mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Allet.
October so far: 112.1mm vs 122.1mm October average — 8% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Allet is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Allet's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Allet, against a full-month average of 21.9 rain days.
2025 was the wettest year in the record since 2009, with 1,323 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,143 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 843 mm.
4 Aug 2013: 47.0 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 69.6 mm at one of them. Records since 14 Jan 2008.
Rainfall data: Environment Agency rain gauges, synced every 15 minutes. Daily totals are computed overnight (UTC days); "today so far" is live. Gauge distances are straight-line from the centre of Allet's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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