How much rain fell in Exmouth, 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 Exmouth, 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.
Chance of rain in Exmouth
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: more than 95% chance of more than 1 mm, 75% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: more than 95% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 1.9 km from Exmouth. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Exmouth | 0.0km | 0.1mm | 51.7mm | 69.0mm | 3.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Dawlish nr Dawlish | 5.9km | 0.0mm | 46.7mm | 164.0mm | 4.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Woodbury nr Woodbury | 7.5km | 1.2mm | 59.2mm | 85.3mm | 4.6mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 20.9mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Exmouth, against a full-month average of 18.0 rain days (based on 4 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 795 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 657 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.
Exmouth gets about 841 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 95 mm; driest July, 48 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), 2.1 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: Lympstone (Exe Estuary), 5.2 km away: 2.04 mAOD Rising ▲.
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 Exmouth's monitored area.
16 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Exmouth's monitored area. None of the 15 with a live status is discharging right now, 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: © 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 resort town in Devon, England
Exmouth is a port town, civil parish, and seaside resort located on the east bank at the mouth of the River Exe, approximately 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Exeter, in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon, England.
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 Exmouth.
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 Exmouth is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Exmouth's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Exmouth, against a full-month average of 18.0 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 Exmouth's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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