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How much rain fell in Cossington, Somerset? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.8mm of rain forecast for the area around Cossington, heaviest in the hour to Tue 04:00 (0.7mm).
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 Cossington | 0.0km | 2.8mm | 58.8mm | 84.1mm | 12.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Bridgwater nr Bridgwater | 8.5km | 2.8mm | 68.0mm | 83.3mm | 4.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Cheddar nr Cheddar | 11.0km | 1.6mm | 91.2mm | 130.0mm | 18.0mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 22.5mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Cossington, against a full-month average of 18.3 rain days (based on 23 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 587 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 559 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 5% wetter.
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 (1,039 mm). Driest: 2010 (514 mm). Average: 734 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
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.
Cossington gets about 737 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 80 mm; driest February, 48 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Cossington's monitored area.
6 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Cossington's monitored area. None of the 6 with a live status is 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.
Village in Somerset, England
Cossington is a village and civil parish close to Woolavington and 5 miles (8 km) north of Bridgwater, in Somerset, England. The village lies on the north side of the Polden Hills. Its population in 2021 was 640.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
2.1mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Cossington.
October so far: 92.5mm vs 84.7mm October average — 9% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Cossington is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Cossington'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 Cossington, against a full-month average of 18.3 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,039 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 734 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 514 mm.
23 Sep 2012: 52.9 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 59.8 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 Cossington's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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