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How much rain fell in Penzance, Cornwall? 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 Penzance (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 05:05 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 Penzance | 0.0km | 1.2mm | 66.6mm | 116.6mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Halsetown nr Halsetown | 8.1km | 1.0mm | 86.5mm | 161.1mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Lelant Saltings nr Lelant Saltings | 10.6km | 1.2mm | 81.9mm | 124.3mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 26.6mm.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Penzance, against a full-month average of 21.7 rain days (based on 17 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 969 mm (1 Jan to 27 Oct), against 898 mm by the same date in an average year (2006–2025) — 8% wetter.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 3 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (1,440 mm). Driest: 2011 (946 mm). Average: 1,224 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 3 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.
Penzance gets about 1,226 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 147 mm; driest May, 68 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), 2.7 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Penzance's monitored area.
6 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Penzance's monitored area. None of the 5 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 Cornwall, England
Penzance is a town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England. It lies 64 miles (103 km) west-southwest of Plymouth, 255 miles (410 km) west-southwest of London, and 9 miles (14 km) east of Land's End. Penzance railway station is the terminus of the Cornish Main Line and is both the southernmost and westernmost station in England. Situated in the shelter of Mount's Bay, the town faces south-east onto the English Channel. As well as Penzance itself, the parish also includes the fishing port of Newlyn and the villages of Mousehole, Paul, Gulval, and Heamoor. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 20,734 and the population of the Penzance built-up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics was 14,960.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.1mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Penzance.
October so far: 134.0mm vs 128.0mm October average — 5% wetter. Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Penzance is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Penzance's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Penzance, against a full-month average of 21.7 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2006, with 1,440 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,224 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 946 mm.
26 Jun 2006: 51.5 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 76.0 mm at one of them. Records since 3 Jul 2005.
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 Penzance's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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