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How much rain fell in Blandford Camp, Dorset? 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 Blandford Camp (under 0.2mm).
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 Blandford Camp | 0.1km | 4.8mm | 92.2mm | 145.0mm | 8.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Compton Abbas nr Compton Abbas | 11.6km | 11.6mm | 106.2mm | 147.9mm | 7.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr King's Stag nr King's Stag | 17.8km | 4.6mm | 74.4mm | 110.5mm | 9.5mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 22.9mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Blandford Camp, against a full-month average of 19.0 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
The rain gauges near Blandford Camp do not have a long enough daily record yet, so this is the Met Office series for the wider region.
Yearly rainfall 1986–2025, with the dashed line at the 1991–2020 average. Wettest: 2000 (1,619 mm). Driest: 2003 (959 mm). Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Blandford Camp gets about 943 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 115 mm; driest May, 54 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), 2.5 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
Nearest gauge on it: Blandford, 2.2 km away: 0.22 m Falling ▼.
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 Blandford Camp's monitored area.
4 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Blandford Camp's monitored area. None of the 4 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: © 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.
8.2mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Blandford Camp.
October so far: 146.5mm vs 107.8mm October average — 36% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Blandford Camp is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Blandford Camp'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 Blandford Camp, against a full-month average of 19.0 rain days.
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 Blandford Camp's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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