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How much rain fell in Buckfastleigh, Devon? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
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In force until 11pm Sat 24 Oct (UK time). Issued 9:05am Sat 24 Oct by the Met Office.
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Next 24 hours: about 7.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Buckfastleigh, heaviest in the hour to 22:00 (2.6mm).
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 South Hams nr South Hams | 0.1km | 15.4mm | 46.7mm | 114.2mm | 47.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Holne nr Holne | 7.1km | 20.4mm | 59.4mm | 137.4mm | 46.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Bickington nr Bickington | 7.8km | 17.6mm | 43.3mm | 85.5mm | 27.2mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 23.2mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr South Hams, against a full-month average of 19.8 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,141 mm (1 Jan to 22 Oct), against 1,233 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 7% drier.
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: 2020 (2,106 mm). Driest: 2011 (1,263 mm). Average: 1,717 mm a year.
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.
Buckfastleigh gets about 1,368 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 177 mm; driest July, 70 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), 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 Discharging now
Nearest gauge on it: Austins Bridge, 0.1 km away: 1.09 m Rising ▲.
Every gauge on the River Dart →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Buckfastleigh's monitored area.
10 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Buckfastleigh's monitored area. 4 are discharging now, 6 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.
Town and civil parish in Devon, England
Buckfastleigh is a market town and civil parish in the Teignbridge district, in Devon, England situated beside the Devon Expressway (A38) at the edge of the Dartmoor National Park. For ecclesiastical purposes, lies within the Totnes Deanery. It is 18 miles east-northeast of Plymouth, 20 miles southwest of Exeter and has a population of 3,571 at the 2021 census. It is a centre of tourism and is home to Buckfast Abbey, the South Devon Railway, the Buckfastleigh Butterfly Farm and Otter Sanctuary, the Tomb of Squire Richard Cabell and The Valiant Soldier Museum Heritage & Visitor Centre. With 13 letters, Buckfastleigh is one of the longest place names in England with no repeated letters, tied with Buslingthorpe, Leeds and Buslingthorpe, Lincolnshire, but exceeded by Bricklehampton in Worcestershire with 14 letters.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
16.9mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km of Buckfastleigh.
October so far: 133.0mm vs 191.3mm October average — 30% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr South Hams is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Buckfastleigh's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr South Hams, against a full-month average of 19.8 rain days.
2020 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 2,106 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,717 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 1,263 mm.
18 Dec 2022: 85.2 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 153.2 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 Buckfastleigh's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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