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How much rain fell in Ottery St Mary, 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 Ottery St Mary (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 Ottery St Mary | 0.0km | 9.6mm | 82.8mm | 121.6mm | 3.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Honiton nr Honiton | 6.2km | 14.0mm | 96.0mm | 143.9mm | 6.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Newton Poppleford nr Newton Poppleford | 8.0km | 8.8mm | 73.1mm | 97.2mm | 3.9mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 26.3mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Ottery St Mary, against a full-month average of 21.0 rain days (based on 1 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 818 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 792 mm by the same date in an average year (2013–2025) — 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: 2014 (1,266 mm). Driest: 2022 (863 mm). Average: 1,069 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.
Ottery St Mary gets about 1,043 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 124 mm; driest July, 59 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), 2.2 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: Fenny Bridges, 3.0 km away: 0.32 m Falling slightly ▼.
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 Ottery St Mary's monitored area.
13 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Ottery St Mary's monitored area. None of the 12 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.
Town in Devon, England
Ottery St Mary, known as "Ottery", is a town and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England, on the River Otter, about 10 miles (16 km) east of Exeter on the B3174. At the 2001 census, the parish, which includes the villages of Metcombe, Fairmile, Alfington, Tipton St John, Wiggaton, and West Hill, had a population of 7,692. The population of the urban area alone at the 2011 census was 4,898. In 2021 the parish had a population of 7,986.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
10.4mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of Ottery St Mary.
October so far: 115.2mm vs 123.4mm October average — 7% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Ottery St Mary is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Ottery St Mary's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Ottery St Mary, against a full-month average of 21.0 rain days.
2014 was the wettest year in the record since 2013, with 1,266 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,069 mm a year. The driest was 2022, with 863 mm.
6 Jul 2012: 79.3 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 83.0 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 Ottery St Mary's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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