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How much rain fell in Barrow Gurney, North Somerset? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: little or no rain forecast for the area around Barrow Gurney (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated Tue 23:05 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 Barrow Gurney | 0.0km | 10.4mm | 86.4mm | 117.4mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Bristol (east) nr Bristol | 4.2km | 10.4mm | 92.3mm | 129.3mm | 0.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Bristol (south-east) nr Bristol | 5.6km | 6.7mm | 92.3mm | 125.7mm | 0.1mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 32.6mm.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Barrow Gurney, against a full-month average of 19.5 rain days (based on 1 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 690 mm (1 Jan to 27 Oct), against 665 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 7 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2000 (1,173 mm). Driest: 2010 (579 mm). Average: 881 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 7 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.
Barrow Gurney gets about 973 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 107 mm; driest April, 64 mm). That is drier than 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), 1.3 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
Nearest gauge on it: Bristol Harbour Passage Street, 7.5 km away: 6.10 m Steady.
Every gauge on the Bristol Frome →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Barrow Gurney's monitored area.
8 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Barrow Gurney's monitored area. None of the 7 with a live status is discharging right now, and 1 has no current status.
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: © Wessex 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 Somerset, England
Barrow Gurney is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated in the unitary authority of North Somerset on the B3130 road, midway between the A38 and A370 near the Long Ashton bypass and Bristol Airport, 5 miles (8.0 km) south west of Bristol city centre. The civil parish includes Barrow Common and has a population of 485.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
8.2mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Barrow Gurney.
October so far: 114.9mm vs 92.1mm October average — 25% wetter. Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Barrow Gurney is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Barrow Gurney's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Barrow Gurney, against a full-month average of 19.5 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,173 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 881 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 579 mm.
5 Jul 2006: 63.3 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 67.4 mm at one of them. Records since 1 Jan 2000.
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 Barrow Gurney's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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