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How much rain fell in Bickington, Devon? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 8.5mm of rain forecast for the area around Bickington, heaviest in the hour to Tue 02:00 (4.6mm).
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 Bickington | 0.0km | 1.2mm | 81.6mm | 106.6mm | 10.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Haytor Vale nr Haytor Vale | 6.1km | 0.5mm | 91.2mm | 123.5mm | 10.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr South Hams nr South Hams | 7.7km | 0.4mm | 109.1mm | 147.0mm | 18.2mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 41.7mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Bickington, against a full-month average of 21.8 rain days (based on 4 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,027 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 1,028 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: 2023 (1,840 mm). Driest: 2011 (952 mm). Average: 1,406 mm a year.
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.
Bickington gets about 1,386 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 172 mm; driest July, 71 mm). That is wetter 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), 1.9 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: Austins Bridge, 7.7 km away: 0.87 m Rising ▲.
Every gauge on the River Dart →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Bickington's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Bickington's monitored area. None of the 2 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 and civil parish in Devon, England
Bickington is a village and civil parish in the Teignbridge district of Devon, England, on the east edge of the Dartmoor National Park. At the 2001 census it had a population of 311. The village is about five miles west of Newton Abbot, on the River Lemon. The church is 15th century but was built on the site of an earlier church; its lychgate has a room over it.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
4.3mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Bickington.
October so far: 131.3mm vs 163.8mm October average — 20% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Bickington is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Bickington's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Bickington, against a full-month average of 21.8 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,840 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,406 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 952 mm.
23 Dec 2013: 83.6 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 150.0 mm at one of them, during 2013-14 UK winter floods. 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 Bickington's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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