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How much rain fell in East Devon, Devon? 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 East Devon, heaviest in the hour to Tue 03:00 (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.
Chance of rain in East Devon
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: more than 95% chance of more than 1 mm, 80% chance of more than 4 mm and 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: more than 95% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 04:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 1.6 km from East Devon. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr East Devon | 0.0km | 0.4mm | 55.6mm | 79.4mm | 8.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Exeter nr Exeter | 8.4km | 0.5mm | 52.4mm | 72.3mm | 4.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Tiverton nr Tiverton | 10.1km | 3.0mm | 89.3mm | 116.2mm | 9.2mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 22.6mm.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr East Devon, against a full-month average of 20.3 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 727 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 697 mm by the same date in an average year (2014–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 5 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (1,130 mm). Driest: 2017 (774 mm). Average: 938 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 5 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.
East Devon gets about 924 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 106 mm; driest May, 54 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), 1.9 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: Thorverton, 5.2 km away: 0.95 m Steady.
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 East Devon's monitored area.
7 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of East Devon's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 6 report not discharging.
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.
Non-metropolitan district in England
East Devon is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in the town of Honiton, although Exmouth is the largest town. The district also contains the towns of Axminster, Budleigh Salterton, Cranbrook, Ottery St Mary, Seaton and Sidmouth, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.1mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of East Devon.
October so far: 94.4mm vs 106.6mm October average — 11% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr East Devon is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of East Devon's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr East Devon, against a full-month average of 20.3 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2014, with 1,130 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 938 mm a year. The driest was 2017, with 774 mm.
18 Apr 2025: 44.8 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 57.9 mm at one of them. Records since 2 May 2013.
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 East Devon's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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