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How much rain fell in Simonsbath, 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 Simonsbath (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 North Devon nr North Devon | 2.7km | 23.6mm | 169.5mm | 250.2mm | 5.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr North Molton nr North Molton | 3.7km | 28.8mm | 211.6mm | 318.1mm | 8.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Oare nr Oare | 7.8km | 12.8mm | 138.2mm | 221.3mm | 8.3mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 49.8mm.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr North Devon, against a full-month average of 23.3 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,121 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 1,154 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: 2020 (2,034 mm). Driest: 2003 (1,081 mm). Average: 1,563 mm a year.
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.
Simonsbath gets about 1,989 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 257 mm; driest April, 104 mm). That is wetter 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), 1.8 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
Nearest gauge on it: Exford, 8.2 km away: 0.64 m Falling ▼.
Every gauge on the River Exe →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Simonsbath's monitored area.
Village in Somerset, England
Simonsbath is a small village high on Exmoor in the English county of Somerset. It is the principal settlement in the Exmoor civil parish, which is the largest and most sparsely populated civil parish on Exmoor, covering nearly 32 square miles (83 km2) with a population, at the time of the 2001 census, of 203 in 78 households, reducing to 156 at the 2011 census. The River Exe rises from a valley to the north, and the River Barle runs through the village and is crossed by a triple-arched medieval bridge that was extensively repaired after floods in 1952.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
16.7mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 10 rain gauges within 15km of Simonsbath.
October so far: 209.2mm vs 159.1mm October average — 31% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 10 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr North Devon is the nearest rain gauge, 2.7km from the centre of Simonsbath's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr North Devon, against a full-month average of 23.3 rain days.
2020 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 2,034 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,563 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 1,081 mm.
29 Oct 2000: 67.9 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 82.0 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 Simonsbath's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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