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How much rain fell in Cornwood, Devon? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 3.9mm of rain forecast for the area around Cornwood, heaviest in the hour to Tue 03:00 (1.5mm).
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 | 2.6km | 0.3mm | 127.7mm | 197.5mm | 20.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Lee Moor nr Lee Moor | 4.4km | 0.2mm | 106.9mm | 185.0mm | 21.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Sparkwell nr Sparkwell | 5.1km | 0.0mm | 71.1mm | 124.2mm | 15.3mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 61.2mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr South Hams, against a full-month average of 20.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,405 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 1,349 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
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: 2000 (2,692 mm). Driest: 2011 (1,343 mm). Average: 1,844 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.
Cornwood gets about 1,504 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 183 mm; driest May, 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), 2.6 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: Didworthy, 8.0 km away: 0.82 m Rising ▲.
Every gauge on the River Avon →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Cornwood's monitored area.
12 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Cornwood's monitored area. 3 are discharging now, 9 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.
Village in Devon, England
Cornwood is a village and civil parish in the South Hams in Devon, England. The parish has a population of 988. The village is part of the electoral ward called Cornwood and Sparkwell. The ward population at the 2011 census was 2,321.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.1mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km of Cornwood.
October so far: 189.8mm vs 198.6mm October average — 4% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr South Hams is the nearest rain gauge, 2.6km from the centre of Cornwood's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr South Hams, against a full-month average of 20.5 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 2,692 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,844 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 1,343 mm.
18 Dec 2022: 83.4 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 Cornwood's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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