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How much rain fell in Newton Poppleford, Devon? 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 Newton Poppleford (under 0.2mm).
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.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Newton Poppleford | 0.0km | 3.9mm | 72.1mm | 97.2mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Woodbury nr Woodbury | 7.7km | 2.9mm | 60.2mm | 88.2mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ottery St Mary nr Ottery St Mary | 7.9km | 3.0mm | 79.3mm | 121.7mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 22.8mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Newton Poppleford, against a full-month average of 19.8 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 832 mm (1 Jan to 27 Oct), against 723 mm by the same date in an average year (2013–2025) — 15% 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 (1,175 mm). Driest: 2016 (785 mm). Average: 969 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.
Newton Poppleford gets about 902 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 102 mm; driest July, 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), 1.1 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: Dotton, 0.4 km away: 0.29 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Otter →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Newton Poppleford's monitored area.
14 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Newton Poppleford's monitored area. None of the 13 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: © 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
Newton Poppleford is a large village and former civil parish situated on the A3052 road between Exeter and Sidmouth on the west side of the River Otter, now in the parish of Newton Poppleford and Harpford in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon, England, within the East Devon AONB. Newton Poppleford is twinned with Crèvecœur-en-Auge in Normandy, France. In 2019 it had an estimated population of 1784.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.9mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of Newton Poppleford.
October so far: 109.1mm vs 115.7mm October average — 6% drier. Figures are the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Newton Poppleford is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Newton Poppleford'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 Newton Poppleford, against a full-month average of 19.8 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2013, with 1,175 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 969 mm a year. The driest was 2016, with 785 mm.
6 Jul 2012: 62.5 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 75.6 mm at one of them. Records since 15 May 2012.
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 Newton Poppleford's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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