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How much rain fell in Downhead, Somerset? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 11.8mm of rain forecast for the area around Downhead, heaviest in the hour to 10:00 (4.3mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 05:05 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 Downhead | 0.0km | 3.4mm | 123.5mm | 158.6mm | 5.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Stoke St. Michael nr Stoke St. Michael | 3.4km | 4.7mm | 124.5mm | 164.1mm | 4.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Doulting nr Doulting | 5.7km | 2.4mm | 104.3mm | 134.0mm | 0.8mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 39.8mm.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Downhead, against a full-month average of 21.7 rain days (based on 15 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 789 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 771 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 (1,349 mm). Driest: 2010 (726 mm). Average: 1,019 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.
Downhead gets about 1,141 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 127 mm; driest May, 75 mm). That is close to 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), 2.0 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 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 Downhead's monitored area.
11 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Downhead's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 9 report not discharging, and 1 has 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: © 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 and civil parish in Somerset, England
Downhead is a village and civil parish just south of Leigh-on-Mendip and 5 miles (8 km) north east of Shepton Mallet, in the county of Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Tadhill.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
2.4mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of Downhead.
October so far: 131.6mm vs 108.9mm October average — 21% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Downhead is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Downhead'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 Downhead, against a full-month average of 21.7 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,349 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,019 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 726 mm.
18 Jun 2020: 51.0 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 84.8 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 Downhead's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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