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How much rain fell in New Milton, Hampshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 11.0mm of rain forecast for the area around New Milton, heaviest in the hour to Tue 05:00 (4.6mm).
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.
Chance of rain in New Milton
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: more than 95% chance of more than 1 mm, 85% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: more than 95% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 04:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point under 1 km from New Milton. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr New Milton | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 102.6mm | 139.2mm | 5.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Everton nr Everton | 7.0km | 0.0mm | 96.4mm | 126.1mm | 5.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Hurn nr Hurn | 10.2km | 0.0mm | 105.1mm | 140.8mm | 4.8mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 25.5mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr New Milton, against a full-month average of 16.6 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 704 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 631 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 12% wetter.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 5 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2014 (1,205 mm). Driest: 2005 (633 mm). Average: 868 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 5 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.
New Milton gets about 884 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 112 mm; driest May, 52 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), 1.8 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, 7.8 km away: 0.32 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 New Milton's monitored area.
4 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of New Milton's monitored area. None of the 4 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: © Southern 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.
Market town in Hampshire, England
New Milton is a market town and civil parish in the New Forest district, in southwest Hampshire, England. To the north is in the New Forest and to the south the coast at Barton on Sea. The town is equidistant between Lymington and Christchurch, 6 miles (9.7 km) away.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.1mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of New Milton.
October so far: 137.8mm vs 101.2mm October average — 36% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr New Milton is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of New Milton'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 New Milton, against a full-month average of 16.6 rain days.
2014 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,205 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 868 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 633 mm.
31 Dec 2000: 46.2 mm on average across 5 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 New Milton's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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