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How much rain fell in Kilkhampton, Cornwall? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 6.3mm of rain forecast for the area around Kilkhampton, heaviest in the hour to Tue 01:00 (1.7mm).
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 Kilkhampton | 0.0km | 1.2mm | 82.3mm | 156.4mm | 15.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Bradworthy nr Bradworthy | 8.3km | 1.2mm | 106.4mm | 195.8mm | 23.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Holsworthy nr Holsworthy | 12.3km | 0.9mm | 91.8mm | 140.5mm | 12.9mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 35.3mm.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Kilkhampton, against a full-month average of 21.4 rain days (based on 17 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 999 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 926 mm by the same date in an average year (2007–2025) — 8% wetter.
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: 2012 (1,610 mm). Driest: 2022 (812 mm). Average: 1,245 mm a year.
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.
Kilkhampton gets about 1,242 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 143 mm; driest April, 70 mm). That is close to 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
Nearest gauge on it: Tamarstone Bridge, 6.9 km away: 1.82 m Steady.
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 Kilkhampton's monitored area.
3 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Kilkhampton's monitored area. 2 are discharging now, 1 report not discharging.
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
Kilkhampton is a village and civil parish in northeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is on the A39 about four miles (6 km) north-northeast of Bude.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.8mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Kilkhampton.
October so far: 154.5mm vs 129.4mm October average — 19% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Kilkhampton is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Kilkhampton'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 Kilkhampton, against a full-month average of 21.4 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2007, with 1,610 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,245 mm a year. The driest was 2022, with 812 mm.
16 Jul 2009: 66.7 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 73.4 mm at one of them. Records since 14 Sep 2006.
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 Kilkhampton's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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