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How much rain fell in Hurn, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.5mm of rain forecast for the area around Hurn, heaviest in the hour to 06:00 (1.3mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated Mon 23:05 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 Hurn | 0.0km | 4.9mm | 110.0mm | 142.0mm | 1.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Poole nr Poole | 8.6km | 5.4mm | 104.0mm | 141.2mm | 2.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr New Milton nr New Milton | 10.2km | 5.7mm | 108.1mm | 139.9mm | 0.3mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 27.6mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Hurn, against a full-month average of 18.4 rain days (based on 12 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 711 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 632 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 13% wetter.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 3 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (1,176 mm). Driest: 2005 (693 mm). Average: 869 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 3 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.
Hurn gets about 879 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 110 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), 2.4 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: Knapp Mill, 2.6 km away: 0.36 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Avon →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Hurn's monitored area.
13 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Hurn's monitored area. None of the 12 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: © 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.
Village in Dorset, England
Hurn is a village and civil parish in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district of Dorset, England. It is situated between the River Stour and River Avon 3 miles (5 km) north-west of Christchurch and 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Bournemouth town centre. In 2001, the village had a population of 468.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
5.3mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Hurn.
October so far: 141.0mm vs 108.7mm October average — 30% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Hurn is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Hurn's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Hurn, against a full-month average of 18.4 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,176 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 869 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 693 mm.
31 Dec 2000: 49.3 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 51.6 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 Hurn's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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