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How much rain fell in Bruton, Somerset? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 3.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Bruton, heaviest in the hour to Tue 04:00 (1.9mm).
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 Bruton | 0.0km | 1.6mm | 94.2mm | 126.3mm | 12.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr North Brewham nr North Brewham | 3.5km | 2.2mm | 76.0mm | 100.4mm | 10.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Penselwood nr Penselwood | 6.7km | 2.9mm | 93.8mm | 133.1mm | 13.9mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 36.3mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Bruton, against a full-month average of 20.0 rain days (based on 16 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 758 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 721 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 5% 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 (1,280 mm). Driest: 2003 (693 mm). Average: 956 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
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.
Bruton gets about 947 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 103 mm; driest May, 63 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), 2.9 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: Bruton Dam, 0.3 km away: 2.00 m Falling ▼.
Every gauge on the River Brue →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Bruton's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Bruton's monitored area. The 1 with a live status is not 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 Somerset, England
Bruton is a small market town, and civil parish in Somerset, England, on the River Brue and the A359 between Frome and Yeovil. It is 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Shepton Mallet, just south of Snakelake Hill and Coombe Hill, 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Gillingham and 12 miles (19 km) south-west of Frome. The town and ward have a population of 2,907. The parish includes the hamlets of Wyke Champflower and Redlynch.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.2mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of Bruton.
October so far: 136.4mm vs 107.0mm October average — 27% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Bruton is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Bruton'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 Bruton, against a full-month average of 20.0 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,280 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 956 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 693 mm.
18 Jun 2020: 49.1 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 84.8 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 Bruton's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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