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How much rain fell in Bournemouth, Dorset? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 9.0mm of rain forecast for the area around Bournemouth, heaviest in the hour to Wed 01:00 (1.4mm).
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 | November | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Poole nr Poole | 5.7km | 0.0mm | 7.0mm | 13.2mm | 5.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Hurn nr Hurn | 5.8km | 0.0mm | 2.9mm | 10.8mm | 7.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Swanage nr Swanage | 13.2km | 0.0mm | 2.8mm | 7.9mm | 5.1mm |
Daily totals 11 Oct–9 Nov. Wettest day: 28.3mm.
4 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this November at Rainfall gauge nr Poole, against a full-month average of 20.0 rain days (based on 24 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 701 mm (1 Jan to 9 Nov), against 676 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 3 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (1,148 mm). Driest: 2005 (685 mm). Average: 851 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 3 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.
Bournemouth gets about 893 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 110 mm; driest July, 49 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), 1.7 km from the centre of Bournemouth. 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: Knapp Mill, 7.4 km away: 0.31 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Avon →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Bournemouth.
6 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Bournemouth. None of the 6 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.
Town in Dorset, England
Bournemouth is a coastal resort town and civil parish in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, on the south coast of England. At the 2021 census, the built-up area had a population of 196,455, making it the largest town in Dorset.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (9 Nov 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Bournemouth.
November so far: 10.6mm vs 104.4mm November average — 90% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 10 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Poole is the nearest rain gauge, 5.7km from the centre of Bournemouth. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
4 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this November at Rainfall gauge nr Poole, against a full-month average of 20.0 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,148 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 851 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 685 mm.
18 Aug 2011: 45.7 mm on average across 3 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 Bournemouth — local rainfall can vary over short distances. The centre of Bournemouth is the Ordnance Survey Open Names point for the city or town. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (OGL v3.0).
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