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How much rain fell in Brendon, Devon? 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 Brendon (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated Tue 23:05 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 Brendon | 0.0km | 7.6mm | 119.7mm | – | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Oare nr Oare | 4.1km | 8.8mm | 146.7mm | 222.5mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr North Devon nr North Devon | 6.5km | 5.8mm | 175.2mm | 251.2mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 54.0mm.
11 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Brendon, against a full-month average of 20.8 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,148 mm (1 Jan to 27 Oct), against 1,167 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: 2020 (2,065 mm). Driest: 2003 (1,081 mm). Average: 1,571 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.
Brendon gets about 1,523 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 193 mm; driest April, 81 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), 0.7 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
Nearest gauge on it: Simonsbath, 9.0 km away: 0.46 m Falling slightly ▼.
Every gauge on the River Barle →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Brendon's monitored area.
Village in Devon, England
Brendon is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brendon and Countisbury, in the North Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. It is close to the border with Somerset within the Exmoor National Park, the village is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Lynton and 15 miles (24 km) west of Minehead in the East Lyn Valley. It is located just off the A39 and is on two long distance footpaths, the Coleridge Way and the Samaritans Way South West. The Church of St Brendon is 2 mi (3.2 km) from the village and was built in 1738, possibly with building material brought from another site. In 2001 the parish had a population of 159.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
7.4mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Brendon.
October so far: 234.0mm vs 161.4mm October average — 45% wetter. Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Brendon is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Brendon's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
11 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Brendon, against a full-month average of 20.8 rain days.
2020 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 2,065 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,571 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 1,081 mm.
29 Oct 2000: 67.9 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 82.0 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 Brendon's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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