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How much rain fell in Bear Cross, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.9mm of rain forecast for the area around Bear Cross, heaviest in the hour to Mon 07:00 (0.5mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 17:05 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 Poole nr Poole | 0.1km | 18.3mm | 99.3mm | 132.4mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Hurn nr Hurn | 8.7km | 17.4mm | 104.4mm | 135.2mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Swanage nr Swanage | 15.8km | 25.6mm | 102.9mm | 132.8mm | 0.4mm |
Daily totals 25 Sep–24 Oct. Wettest day: 29.2mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Poole, against a full-month average of 19.7 rain days (based on 25 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 723 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 623 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 16% wetter.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 2 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (1,150 mm). Driest: 2005 (693 mm). Average: 861 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 2 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.
Bear Cross gets about 929 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 115 mm; driest May, 53 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), 3.0 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
Nearest gauge on it: Wimborne, 4.5 km away: 0.56 m Rising ▲.
Every gauge on the River Stour →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Bear Cross's monitored area.
15 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Bear Cross's monitored area. None of the 14 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.
Suburb of Bournemouth, England
Bear Cross is a suburb on the north-western edge of Bournemouth, Dorset, taking its name from the crossroads made by the main road (A348) between Poole and Ringwood and the Wimborne Road/Magna Road (A341).
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
17.9mm of rain fell yesterday (24 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Bear Cross.
October so far: 133.8mm vs 108.9mm October average — 23% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 25 days in). Figures are the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Poole is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Bear Cross's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Poole, against a full-month average of 19.7 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,150 mm from the average of 2 local rain gauges, against an average of 861 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 693 mm.
18 Aug 2011: 54.3 mm on average across 2 local rain gauges, and up to 56.4 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 Bear Cross's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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