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How much rain fell in Dunkeswell, Devon? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.9mm of rain forecast for the area around Dunkeswell, heaviest in the hour to Tue 03:00 (0.9mm).
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 Dunkeswell | 0.0km | 2.4mm | 96.4mm | 140.5mm | 11.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Hemyock nr Hemyock | 5.5km | 0.3mm | 77.8mm | 103.0mm | 8.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Honiton nr Honiton | 10.2km | 0.4mm | 86.6mm | 137.7mm | 14.0mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 30.2mm.
22 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Dunkeswell, against a full-month average of 27.0 rain days (based on 1 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 870 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 784 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: 2012 (1,403 mm). Driest: 2001 (698 mm). Average: 1,060 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
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.
Dunkeswell gets about 1,102 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 129 mm; driest May, 65 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), 0.3 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
Nearest gauge on it: Culmstock, 6.8 km away: 0.25 m Rising ▲.
Every gauge on the River Culm →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Dunkeswell's monitored area.
4 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Dunkeswell's monitored area. None of the 4 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: © 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
Dunkeswell is a village and civil parish in East Devon, England, located about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of the town of Honiton. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,553, reducing to 1,361 at the 2011 Census. There is an electoral ward with the same name whose population at the above census was 2,000. The parish is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Hemyock, Luppitt, Combe Raleigh, Awliscombe, Broadhembury and Sheldon.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.8mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Dunkeswell.
October so far: 121.9mm vs 123.9mm October average — 2% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Dunkeswell is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Dunkeswell's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
22 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Dunkeswell, against a full-month average of 27.0 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,403 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,060 mm a year. The driest was 2001, with 698 mm.
29 Oct 2000: 58.8 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 80.6 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 Dunkeswell's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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