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How much rain fell in Coleford, Devon? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Another rain gauge is also registered under the name Coleford: Rainfall gauge nr Coleford (Gloucestershire) — see its gauge page. The figures here are for Coleford, Devon.
Next 24 hours: little or no rain forecast for the area around Coleford (under 0.2mm).
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 Coleford | 0.0km | 5.2mm | 64.3mm | 78.4mm | 3.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Lapford nr Lapford | 9.2km | 7.5mm | 84.7mm | 109.4mm | 3.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Moretonhampstead nr Moretonhampstead | 13.3km | 6.4mm | 91.7mm | 121.6mm | 6.7mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 29.4mm.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Coleford, against a full-month average of 18.5 rain days (based on 4 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 780 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 823 mm by the same date in an average year (2016–2025) — 5% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 4 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2024 (1,291 mm). Driest: 2016 (870 mm). Average: 1,126 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 4 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.
Coleford gets about 914 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 108 mm; driest May, 57 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), 1.0 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: Upton Hellions, 6.1 km away: 0.31 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Creedy →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Coleford's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Coleford'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: © 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.
Hamlet in Devon, England
Coleford is a small hamlet in Mid-Devon, England. It includes a pub, The New Inn with their resident parrot of over 40 years Captain, and also has a park.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
6.0mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Coleford.
October so far: 117.4mm vs 118.6mm October average — 1% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Coleford is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Coleford's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Coleford, against a full-month average of 18.5 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2016, with 1,291 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,126 mm a year. The driest was 2016, with 870 mm.
23 Nov 2024: 51.8 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 83.0 mm at one of them, during Storm Bert. Records since 13 May 2015.
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 Coleford's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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