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How much rain fell in Penselwood, Somerset? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Penselwood, heaviest in the hour to Tue 05:00 (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 Penselwood | 0.0km | 2.9mm | 93.8mm | 133.1mm | 13.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr North Brewham nr North Brewham | 6.0km | 2.2mm | 76.0mm | 100.4mm | 10.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Holton nr Holton | 6.2km | 4.2mm | 85.5mm | 115.2mm | 9.6mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 32.7mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Penselwood, against a full-month average of 21.9 rain days (based on 16 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 693 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 663 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 5% wetter.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 6 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (1,184 mm). Driest: 2003 (567 mm). Average: 879 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 6 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.
Penselwood gets about 972 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 115 mm; driest May, 62 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), 2.3 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 Discharging now
Nearest gauge on it: Gillingham Le Neubourg Way, 7.5 km away: 0.69 m Rising ▲.
Every gauge on the River Stour →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Penselwood's monitored area.
4 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Penselwood's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 3 report not discharging.
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 and civil parish in Somerset, England
Penselwood or Pen Selwood is a village and civil parish in the English county of Somerset. It lies 4 miles (6 km) north east of Wincanton, 4 miles (6.4 km) south east of Bruton, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Mere, and 5 miles (8.0 km) north west of Gillingham. The south-east of the parish borders Zeals and Stourhead in Wiltshire, and Bourton in Dorset. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 314.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
2.9mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Penselwood.
October so far: 124.0mm vs 101.1mm October average — 23% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Penselwood is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Penselwood's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Penselwood, against a full-month average of 21.9 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,184 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 879 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 567 mm.
29 Oct 2000: 45.4 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 55.0 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 Penselwood's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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