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How much rain fell in Lapford, Devon? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.9mm of rain forecast for the area around Lapford, heaviest in the hour to Tue 01:00 (1.0mm).
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 Lapford | 0.0km | 0.9mm | 77.5mm | 105.5mm | 7.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Coleford nr Coleford | 9.2km | 1.0mm | 59.3mm | 75.3mm | 5.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Knowstone nr Knowstone | 15.7km | 1.2mm | 94.3mm | 135.1mm | 11.4mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 23.1mm.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Lapford, against a full-month average of 19.1 rain days (based on 4 months of records at this gauge).
The rain gauges near Lapford do not have a long enough daily record yet, so this is the Met Office series for the wider region.
Yearly rainfall 1986–2025, with the dashed line at the 1991–2020 average. Wettest: 2000 (1,619 mm). Driest: 2003 (959 mm). Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Lapford gets about 994 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 119 mm; driest April, 60 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), 2.5 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: Taw Bridge, 6.9 km away: 0.25 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Taw →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Lapford's monitored area.
7 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Lapford's monitored area. None of the 7 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: © 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 Devon, England
Lapford is a village and civil parish in Mid Devon in the English county of Devon. It had a population of 993 in 2001, reducing to 867 at the 2011 census, and increasing to 990 in 2021. Lapford is part of Taw Valley ward whose population at the above census was 1,629.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.0mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Lapford.
October so far: 90.4mm vs 96.7mm October average — 7% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Lapford is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Lapford'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 Lapford, against a full-month average of 19.1 rain days.
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 Lapford's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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