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How much rain fell in Bratton Fleming, Devon? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 5.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Bratton Fleming, heaviest in the hour to Tue 02:00 (1.3mm).
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 Bratton Fleming | 0.0km | 0.1mm | 67.3mm | 89.4mm | 16.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr North Devon (north, 5.2 km) nr North Devon | 5.2km | 0.5mm | 114.7mm | 205.1mm | 25.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr North Devon (north, 9.1 km) nr North Devon | 9.1km | 0.0mm | 89.5mm | 170.9mm | 17.2mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 50.9mm.
9 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Bratton Fleming, against a full-month average of 22.2 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,138 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 1,311 mm by the same date in an average year (2002–2025) — 13% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 6 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2020 (2,265 mm). Driest: 2010 (1,293 mm). Average: 1,762 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 6 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.
Bratton Fleming gets about 1,421 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 167 mm; driest April, 78 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), 1.7 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
Nearest gauge on it: Barnstaple, 9.5 km away: 4.89 mAOD Rising ▲.
A tidal gauge: its level rises and falls with the tide twice a day, so "rising" here is usually the tide coming in.
Every gauge on the River Taw →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Bratton Fleming's monitored area.
3 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Bratton Fleming's monitored area. 2 are discharging now, 1 report not discharging.
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 in Devon, England
Bratton Fleming is a large village, civil parish and former manor in Devon, England, about 6 miles (10 km) north-east of Barnstaple and near the western edge of Exmoor. The parish includes the hamlets of Knightacott and Stowford. The population of the parish in 2001 was 942, falling to 928 in 2011. There is an electoral ward with the same name which at the 2011 census had a population of 2,117.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.7mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Bratton Fleming.
October so far: 199.6mm vs 166.2mm October average — 20% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Bratton Fleming is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Bratton Fleming's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
9 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Bratton Fleming, against a full-month average of 22.2 rain days.
2020 was the wettest year in the record since 2002, with 2,265 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,762 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 1,293 mm.
12 Dec 2003: 71.2 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 83.4 mm at one of them. Records since 2 Jul 2001.
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 Bratton Fleming's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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