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How much rain fell in Foxhole, Cornwall? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 11.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Foxhole, heaviest in the hour to Mon 08:00 (4.3mm).
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 St. Stephen-in-Brannel nr St. Stephen-in-Brannel | 0.1km | 29.4mm | 113.3mm | 149.8mm | 0.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Pengrugla nr Pengrugla | 6.1km | 28.5mm | 89.0mm | 123.1mm | 0.7mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr St Dennis nr St Dennis | 6.4km | 30.0mm | 115.8mm | 159.7mm | 2.1mm |
Daily totals 25 Sep–24 Oct. Wettest day: 31.7mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr St. Stephen-in-Brannel, against a full-month average of 21.4 rain days (based on 10 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,043 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 921 mm by the same date in an average year (2008–2025) — 13% 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: 2024 (1,493 mm). Driest: 2011 (952 mm). Average: 1,269 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.
Foxhole gets about 1,293 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 156 mm; driest May, 73 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), 0.7 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 Foxhole's monitored area.
11 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Foxhole's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 10 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.
Human settlement in England
Foxhole is a village in mid Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It lies within the parish of St Stephen-in-Brannel, and has a primary school.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
31.7mm of rain fell yesterday (24 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Foxhole.
October so far: 139.5mm vs 130.4mm October average — 7% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 25 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr St. Stephen-in-Brannel is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Foxhole's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr St. Stephen-in-Brannel, against a full-month average of 21.4 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2008, with 1,493 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,269 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 952 mm.
10 Jun 2020: 61.9 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 78.4 mm at one of them. Records since 2 Oct 2006.
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 Foxhole's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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