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How much rain fell in Paulton, Bath and North East Somerset? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.6mm of rain forecast for the area around Paulton, heaviest in the hour to Tue 04:00 (0.9mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 17:05 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 Paulton | 0.0km | 1.2mm | 93.2mm | 113.4mm | 6.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Litton nr Litton | 8.9km | 2.2mm | 122.8mm | 168.2mm | 17.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Stoke St. Michael nr Stoke St. Michael | 9.4km | 4.7mm | 124.5mm | 175.9mm | 16.6mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 38.5mm.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Paulton, against a full-month average of 20.0 rain days (based on 1 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 828 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 804 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: 2023 (1,388 mm). Driest: 2010 (734 mm). Average: 1,064 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
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.
Paulton gets about 936 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 105 mm; driest June, 58 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), 2.0 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: Compton Dando, 7.2 km away: 0.57 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Chew →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Paulton's monitored area.
35 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Paulton's monitored area. None of the 33 with a live status is discharging right now, and 2 have 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: © Wessex 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 Somerset, England
Paulton is a large village and civil parish, with a population of 5,302, located to the north of the Mendip Hills, very close to Norton Radstock in the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset (BANES), England.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.7mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 10 rain gauges within 15km of Paulton.
October so far: 136.3mm vs 107.1mm October average — 27% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 10 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Paulton is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Paulton'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 Paulton, against a full-month average of 20.0 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,388 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,064 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 734 mm.
23 Sep 2012: 52.4 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 64.0 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 Paulton's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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