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How much rain fell in Priddy, Somerset? 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 Priddy (under 0.2mm).
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 Priddy | 0.0km | 15.0mm | 115.4mm | 154.4mm | 3.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Litton nr Litton | 5.2km | 17.8mm | 137.0mm | 176.2mm | 7.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Cheddar nr Cheddar | 8.6km | 18.0mm | 106.7mm | 131.6mm | 1.6mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 40.7mm.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Priddy, against a full-month average of 22.1 rain days (based on 15 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 833 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 801 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
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: 2000 (1,492 mm). Driest: 2010 (719 mm). Average: 1,054 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.
Priddy gets about 1,147 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 131 mm; driest May, 72 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), 0.1 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Priddy's monitored area.
Village in Somerset, England
Priddy is a village in Somerset, England in the Mendip Hills, close to East Harptree and 4 miles (6 km) north-west of Wells.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
13.3mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Priddy.
October so far: 148.5mm vs 111.5mm October average — 33% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Priddy is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Priddy'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 Priddy, against a full-month average of 22.1 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,492 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,054 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 719 mm.
29 Oct 2000: 69.9 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 85.8 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 Priddy's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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