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How much rain fell in Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: little or no rain forecast for the area around Freshwater Bay (under 0.2mm).
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 Freshwater Bay | 0.0km | 5.5mm | 105.1mm | 151.9mm | 17.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Brighstone nr Brighstone | 7.5km | 7.8mm | 99.3mm | 143.6mm | 4.7mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Everton nr Everton | 8.9km | 5.6mm | 101.9mm | 132.2mm | 6.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 23.9mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Freshwater Bay, against a full-month average of 15.3 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 733 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 658 mm by the same date in an average year (2002–2025) — 11% wetter.
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 (1,319 mm). Driest: 2011 (698 mm). Average: 909 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
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.
Freshwater Bay gets about 824 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 107 mm; driest July, 45 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), 2.6 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 Freshwater Bay's monitored area.
16 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Freshwater Bay's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 14 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: © Southern 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 on the Isle of Wight, England
Freshwater is a large village and civil parish at the western end of the Isle of Wight, England. The southern, coastal village is Freshwater Bay, named for the adjacent small cove. Freshwater sits at the western end of the region known as the Back of the Wight or the West Wight, a popular tourist area.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
6.3mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Freshwater Bay.
October so far: 145.7mm vs 104.9mm October average — 39% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Freshwater Bay is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Freshwater Bay'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 Freshwater Bay, against a full-month average of 15.3 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2002, with 1,319 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 909 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 698 mm.
24 Oct 2023: 63.5 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 80.1 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 Freshwater Bay's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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