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How much rain fell in Newport, Isle of Wight? 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 Newport (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across whose centre is 12 km from Newport, 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 Newport
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: less than 5% chance of more than 1 mm, less than 5% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: 10% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Tue 27 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 1.6 km from Newport. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Newport | 0.0km | 6.8mm | 117.0mm | 154.2mm | 4.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Brighstone nr Brighstone | 6.8km | 7.8mm | 99.3mm | 143.6mm | 4.7mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Cowes nr Cowes | 7.0km | 5.5mm | 114.8mm | 146.6mm | 6.9mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 27.0mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Newport, against a full-month average of 18.0 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 731 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 644 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 14% wetter.
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 (1,297 mm). Driest: 2005 (570 mm). Average: 886 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.
Newport gets about 927 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 116 mm; driest May, 51 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), 1.6 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Newport's monitored area.
10 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Newport's monitored area. None of the 9 with a live status is discharging right now, and 1 has no current status.
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.
County town of the Isle of Wight, England
Newport is the county town of the Isle of Wight, an island county off the south coast of England. The town is slightly north of the centre of the island, located in the civil parish of Newport and Carisbrooke. It has a quay at the head of the navigable section of the River Medina, which flows northwards to Cowes and the Solent. The 2021 census recorded a population of 25,407.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
5.8mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of Newport.
October so far: 142.1mm vs 113.4mm October average — 25% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Newport is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Newport'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 Newport, against a full-month average of 18.0 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,297 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 886 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 570 mm.
24 Oct 2023: 72.7 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 91.0 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 Newport's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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