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How much rain fell in Gunnislake, Cornwall? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 3.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Gunnislake, heaviest in the hour to Tue 02:00 (1.3mm).
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 Gunnislake | 0.0km | 0.3mm | 99.6mm | 151.1mm | 18.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Stoke Climsland nr Stoke Climsland | 8.4km | 0.5mm | 120.2mm | 168.3mm | 18.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Saltash nr Saltash | 10.4km | 0.1mm | 94.6mm | 141.4mm | 19.3mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 42.6mm.
23 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Gunnislake, against a full-month average of 21.1 rain days (based on 1 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,058 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 1,057 mm by the same date in an average year (2006–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 7 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (1,800 mm). Driest: 2010 (1,120 mm). Average: 1,431 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 7 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.
Gunnislake gets about 1,389 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 165 mm; driest May, 76 mm). That is wetter 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), 1.8 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 Discharging now
Nearest gauge on it: Gunnislake, 1.8 km away: 1.36 m Rising ▲.
Every gauge on the River Tamar →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Gunnislake's monitored area.
23 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Gunnislake's monitored area. 6 are discharging now, 16 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: © 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.
Village in Cornwall, England
Gunnislake is a large village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in the Tamar Valley approximately ten miles (16 km) north of Plymouth The first woman cabinet minister in the British Empire, Mary Ellen Smith, was born here in 1863.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.8mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Gunnislake.
October so far: 148.3mm vs 151.6mm October average — 2% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Gunnislake is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Gunnislake's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
23 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Gunnislake, against a full-month average of 21.1 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2006, with 1,800 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,431 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 1,120 mm.
28 Oct 2021: 65.5 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 82.4 mm at one of them. Records since 21 Nov 2005.
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 Gunnislake's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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