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How much rain fell in Castleton, Dorset? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.1mm of rain forecast for the area around Castleton, heaviest in the hour to Tue 04:00 (0.8mm).
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 | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Castleton | 0.0km | 2.3mm | 65.1mm | 87.6mm | 3.7mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr East Coker nr East Coker | 8.3km | 0.4mm | 71.1mm | 92.1mm | 5.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr King's Stag nr King's Stag | 10.6km | 0.5mm | 70.1mm | 100.7mm | 4.3mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 21.9mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Castleton, against a full-month average of 21.6 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 746 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 743 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: 2023 (1,278 mm). Driest: 2011 (756 mm). Average: 1,006 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
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.
Castleton gets about 899 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 108 mm; driest June, 54 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), 2.1 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: Sherborne Lake, 2.0 km away: -0.57 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Yeo →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Castleton's monitored area.
13 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Castleton's monitored area. None of the 12 with a live status is discharging right now, and 1 has no current status.
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.
Village in Dorset, England
Castleton is a civil parish in the English county of Dorset. The parish virtually encircles the town of Sherborne, and contains within its boundary both Sherborne Castle and Sherborne Old Castle. These and other buildings within the parish are today generally regarded as comprising part of Sherborne. The parish includes the hamlets of Wyke, Silverlake, Over Coombe, Higher Clatcombe, Dodds Cross, and Pinford. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 155.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.4mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Castleton.
October so far: 108.3mm vs 115.3mm October average — 6% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Castleton is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Castleton's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Castleton, against a full-month average of 21.6 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,278 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,006 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 756 mm.
23 Dec 2013: 53.9 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 66.4 mm at one of them, during 2013-14 UK winter floods. 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 Castleton's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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