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How much rain fell in Gillingham, Dorset? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Another rain gauge is also registered under the name Gillingham: Motney Hill (Medway) — see its gauge page. The figures here are for Gillingham, Dorset.
Next 24 hours: little or no rain forecast for the area around Gillingham (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 Gillingham | 0.0km | 11.7mm | 92.2mm | 122.8mm | 4.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Penselwood nr Penselwood | 7.8km | 14.6mm | 107.2mm | 139.7mm | 5.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Holton nr Holton | 9.3km | 10.3mm | 95.1mm | 120.6mm | 4.7mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 31.0mm.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Gillingham, against a full-month average of 19.6 rain days (based on 19 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 722 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 671 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 8% 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: 2023 (1,191 mm). Driest: 2003 (567 mm). Average: 890 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
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.
Gillingham gets about 869 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 100 mm; driest June, 56 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), 2.8 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: Gillingham Le Neubourg Way, 0.7 km away: 0.58 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Stour →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Gillingham's monitored area.
6 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Gillingham's monitored area. None of the 6 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: © Wessex 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.
Town and civil parish in Dorset, England
Gillingham is a town and civil parish in the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset, England. It lies on the B3095 and B3081 roads, approximately four miles south of the A303 trunk road and five miles northwest of Shaftesbury. It is the most northerly town in the county.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
12.0mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Gillingham.
October so far: 127.9mm vs 103.1mm October average — 24% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Gillingham is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Gillingham's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Gillingham, against a full-month average of 19.6 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,191 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 890 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 567 mm.
29 Oct 2000: 45.4 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 55.0 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 Gillingham's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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