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How much rain fell in Ilchester, Somerset? 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 Ilchester (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 11:05 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 Ilchester | 0.0km | 5.4mm | 75.9mm | 103.6mm | 4.7mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Somerton nr Somerton | 9.4km | 5.7mm | 76.2mm | 96.7mm | 4.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Castleton nr Castleton | 11.0km | 3.8mm | 68.2mm | 95.3mm | 7.6mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 19.2mm.
24 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Ilchester, against a full-month average of 25.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 646 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 626 mm by the same date in an average year (2007–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 4 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2024 (1,077 mm). Driest: 2011 (602 mm). Average: 831 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 4 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.
Ilchester gets about 764 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 86 mm; driest May, 50 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), 2.5 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: Ilchester, 3.0 km away: 0.32 m Rising ▲.
Every gauge on the River Yeo →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Ilchester's monitored area.
14 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Ilchester's monitored area. None of the 14 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.
Village and civil parish in Somerset, England
Ilchester is a village and civil parish, situated on the River Yeo or Ivel, five miles north of Yeovil, in the English county of Somerset. Originally a Roman town, and later a market town, Ilchester has a rich medieval history and was a notable settlement in the county; around the 12th and 13th centuries it was effectively the county town. It had, however, declined in size and importance by the beginning of the 18th century, and the last markets were held in 1833. In 1889 the historic corporation that had governed the town was dissolved.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
5.1mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Ilchester.
October so far: 99.1mm vs 98.1mm October average — 1% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Ilchester is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Ilchester's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
24 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Ilchester, against a full-month average of 25.5 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2007, with 1,077 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 831 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 602 mm.
23 Dec 2013: 47.7 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 54.2 mm at one of them, during 2013-14 UK winter floods. 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 Ilchester's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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