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How much rain fell in Beaminster, Dorset? 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 Beaminster, heaviest in the hour to Tue 04:00 (1.3mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, 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 Beaminster (south-west) | 1.5km | 0.3mm | 77.4mm | 123.2mm | 13.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Beaminster (north-east) | 3.1km | 0.1mm | 93.9mm | 149.7mm | 15.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr South Perrott nr South Perrott | 5.2km | 0.4mm | 142.8mm | 216.8mm | 22.4mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 29.8mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Beaminster (south-west), against a full-month average of 18.6 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 813 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 783 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 8 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (1,377 mm). Driest: 2011 (757 mm). Average: 1,068 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 8 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.
Beaminster gets about 1,128 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 137 mm; driest July, 68 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), 2.0 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 Discharging now
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Beaminster's monitored area.
3 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Beaminster's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 2 report not discharging.
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.
Town in Dorset, England
Beaminster is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England, approximately 15 miles (24 km) northwest of the county town Dorchester. It is sited in a bowl-shaped valley near the source of the small River Brit. The population of Beaminster parish was recorded as 3,177 in the 2021 census.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.6mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km of Beaminster.
October so far: 131.9mm vs 126.3mm October average — 4% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Beaminster (south-west) is the nearest rain gauge, 1.5km from the centre of Beaminster's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Beaminster (south-west), against a full-month average of 18.6 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,377 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,068 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 757 mm.
18 Dec 2022: 56.4 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 80.5 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 Beaminster's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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