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How much rain fell in Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 3.8mm of rain forecast for the area around Poole, heaviest in the hour to 05:00 (1.5mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated Mon 23:05 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.
Chance of rain in Poole
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: more than 95% chance of more than 1 mm, 70% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: more than 95% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point under 1 km from Poole. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Poole | 0.0km | 5.4mm | 104.0mm | 139.0mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Hurn nr Hurn | 8.6km | 4.9mm | 110.0mm | 141.0mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Swanage nr Swanage | 15.7km | 5.4mm | 110.2mm | 140.5mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 29.2mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Poole, against a full-month average of 19.7 rain days (based on 25 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 724 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 625 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 16% wetter.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 2 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (1,150 mm). Driest: 2005 (693 mm). Average: 861 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 2 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.
Poole gets about 929 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 115 mm; driest May, 53 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), 3.1 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 Storm overflow
Nearest gauge on it: Wimborne, 4.6 km away: 0.60 m Steady.
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 Poole's monitored area.
15 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Poole's monitored area. None of the 14 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: © 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.
Coastal town in Dorset, England
Poole is a coastal town, seaport on the south coast of England and civil parish in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area in Dorset, England. The town is 21 miles (34 km) east of Dorchester and adjoins Bournemouth to the east. The town had an estimated population of 143,418 in 2024, making it the second-largest town in the ceremonial county of Dorset. Together with Bournemouth and Christchurch, the conurbation has a total population of 400,196 as of the 2021 census.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
5.2mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Poole.
October so far: 140.0mm vs 108.9mm October average — 29% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Poole is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Poole'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 Poole, against a full-month average of 19.7 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,150 mm from the average of 2 local rain gauges, against an average of 861 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 693 mm.
18 Aug 2011: 54.3 mm on average across 2 local rain gauges, and up to 56.4 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 Poole's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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