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How much rain fell in Cowes, Isle of Wight? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 4.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Cowes, heaviest in the hour to Tue 05:00 (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 Cowes | 0.0km | 0.1mm | 109.6mm | 139.6mm | 5.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Newport nr Newport | 7.0km | 0.1mm | 110.8mm | 149.7mm | 6.7mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Newchurch nr Newchurch | 11.1km | 0.2mm | 99.1mm | 131.4mm | 4.2mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 26.3mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Cowes, against a full-month average of 15.7 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 715 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 645 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 11% wetter.
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 (1,286 mm). Driest: 2005 (535 mm). Average: 888 mm a year.
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.
Cowes gets about 813 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 103 mm; driest July, 45 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), 2.7 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Cowes's monitored area.
18 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Cowes's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 15 report not discharging, and 2 have 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: © Southern 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 in Isle of Wight, England
Cowes is an English seaport town and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, England. Cowes is located on the west bank of the estuary of the River Medina, facing the smaller town of East Cowes on the east bank. The two towns are linked by the Cowes Floating Bridge, a chain ferry.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.2mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Cowes.
October so far: 133.6mm vs 113.0mm October average — 18% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Cowes is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Cowes'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 Cowes, against a full-month average of 15.7 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,286 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 888 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 535 mm.
24 Oct 2023: 71.6 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 91.0 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 Cowes's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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