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How much rain fell in Marshwood, Dorset? 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 Marshwood (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated Tue 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 Marshwood | 0.0km | 3.5mm | 77.6mm | 107.9mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Thorncombe nr Thorncombe | 7.5km | 9.8mm | 93.1mm | 131.1mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Beaminster nr Beaminster | 8.1km | 8.6mm | 91.9mm | 131.7mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 31.1mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Marshwood, against a full-month average of 20.6 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 836 mm (1 Jan to 27 Oct), against 801 mm by the same date in an average year (2008–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 8 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (1,380 mm). Driest: 2011 (743 mm). Average: 1,072 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 8 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.
Marshwood gets about 1,012 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 121 mm; driest July, 58 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), 2.4 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
Nearest gauge on it: Winsham, 8.5 km away: 0.99 m Falling slightly ▼.
Every gauge on the River Axe →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Marshwood's monitored area.
Village in Dorset, England
Marshwood is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, situated on the northern edge of the Marshwood Vale approximately 5.5 miles (8.9 km) northeast of Lyme Regis. Dorset County Council estimate that the parish had a population of 310 in 2013. Figures published from the 2011 census are for Marshwood parish combined with the small neighbouring parish of Bettiscombe: the combined population was 346.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
8.9mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of Marshwood.
October so far: 140.6mm vs 127.7mm October average — 10% wetter. Figures are the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Marshwood is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Marshwood's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Marshwood, against a full-month average of 20.6 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2008, with 1,380 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,072 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 743 mm.
6 Jul 2012: 57.9 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 75.6 mm at one of them. Records since 16 Feb 2007.
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 Marshwood's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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