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How much rain fell in Dawlish, Devon? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.8mm of rain forecast for the area around Dawlish, 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 Dawlish | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 46.7mm | 164.0mm | 4.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Teignbridge nr Teignbridge | 5.0km | 0.0mm | 69.5mm | 92.5mm | 5.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Exmouth nr Exmouth | 5.9km | 0.1mm | 51.7mm | 69.0mm | 3.6mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 20.9mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Dawlish, against a full-month average of 16.1 rain days (based on 4 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 796 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 659 mm by the same date in an average year (2010–2025) — 21% wetter.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 6 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (1,246 mm). Driest: 2011 (542 mm). Average: 894 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 6 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.
Dawlish gets about 890 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 104 mm; driest July, 46 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), 1.5 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: Lympstone (Exe Estuary), 5.9 km away: 1.40 mAOD Falling ▼.
A tidal gauge: its level rises and falls with the tide twice a day, so "rising" here is usually the tide coming in.
Every gauge on the River Exe →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Dawlish's monitored area.
30 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Dawlish's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 26 report not discharging, and 3 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: © 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.
Seaside town in Devon, England
Dawlish is a seaside resort town and civil parish in the Teignbridge district of Devon, England. It is located on the south coast, 12 miles (19 km) south of the city of Exeter and a similar distance from the town of Torquay. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 15,257, which was 16% more than the 13,161 recorded in 2011. Dawlish had grown in the 18th century from a small fishing port into a seaside resort, as had its near neighbour, Teignmouth, in the 19th century.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.4mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Dawlish.
October so far: 96.1mm vs 102.6mm October average — 6% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Dawlish is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Dawlish'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 Dawlish, against a full-month average of 16.1 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2010, with 1,246 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 894 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 542 mm.
12 May 2021: 53.3 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 60.1 mm at one of them. Records since 20 Feb 2009.
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 Dawlish's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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