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How much rain fell in Oare, Somerset? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 6.9mm of rain forecast for the area around Oare, heaviest in the hour to Tue 03:00 (2.2mm).
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 Oare | 0.0km | 1.6mm | 132.0mm | 212.4mm | 12.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Brendon nr Brendon | 4.1km | 0.1mm | 109.7mm | – | 8.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Luccombe nr Luccombe | 6.3km | 0.9mm | 90.3mm | 162.3mm | 6.8mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 51.1mm.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Oare, against a full-month average of 23.2 rain days (based on 17 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,046 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 1,084 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 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: 2020 (1,871 mm). Driest: 2010 (1,027 mm). Average: 1,474 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.
Oare gets about 1,545 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 204 mm; driest May, 83 mm). That is wetter 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), 2.1 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
Nearest gauge on it: Exford, 8.6 km away: 0.84 m Rising ▲.
Every gauge on the River Exe →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Oare's monitored area.
Village and civil parish in Somerset, England
Oare is a village and civil parish on Oare Water on Exmoor in Somerset, England. It is located 6 miles (10 km) east of Lynton and the parish includes the hamlet of Oareford and the village of Culbone which contains its own tiny church.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.7mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km of Oare.
October so far: 208.2mm vs 154.0mm October average — 35% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Oare is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Oare's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Oare, against a full-month average of 23.2 rain days.
2020 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,871 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,474 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 1,027 mm.
29 Oct 2000: 67.9 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 82.0 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 Oare's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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