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How much rain fell in Blackwater, Isle of Wight? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
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Heavy rain brings a high likelihood of moderate impacts from surface water flooding.
In force until 11pm Sat 24 Oct (UK time). Issued 9:05am Sat 24 Oct by the Met Office.
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Next 24 hours: about 12.5mm of rain forecast for the area around Blackwater, heaviest in the hour to 21:00 (2.9mm).
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 Newport nr Newport | 0.1km | 19.0mm | 78.0mm | 136.9mm | 27.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Brighstone nr Brighstone | 6.7km | 18.9mm | 67.2mm | 126.4mm | 21.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Cowes nr Cowes | 7.1km | 25.4mm | 83.9mm | 130.1mm | 22.4mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 23.9mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Newport, against a full-month average of 18.0 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 703 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 636 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 11% wetter.
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 (1,297 mm). Driest: 2005 (570 mm). Average: 886 mm a year.
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.
Blackwater gets about 927 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 116 mm; driest May, 51 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), 1.5 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 Blackwater's monitored area.
10 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Blackwater's monitored area. 5 are discharging now, 4 report not discharging, 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: © Southern 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 on the Isle of Wight, England
Blackwater is a village on the Isle of Wight, England. It is located about two miles south of Newport, close to the geographic centre of the island. It is in the civil parish of Arreton. The Newclose County Cricket Ground is just to the north of the village.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
20.6mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of Blackwater.
October so far: 128.7mm vs 113.4mm October average — 13% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Newport is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Blackwater'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 Newport, against a full-month average of 18.0 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,297 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 886 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 570 mm.
24 Oct 2023: 72.7 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 91.0 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 Blackwater's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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