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How much rain fell in Sourton, Devon? 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 Sourton (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 Sourton | 0.0km | 12.9mm | 116.8mm | 164.3mm | 12.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr West Devon nr West Devon | 5.6km | 12.4mm | 144.5mm | 201.1mm | 18.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr South Tawton nr South Tawton | 10.6km | 5.1mm | 96.8mm | 160.1mm | 12.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 39.4mm.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Sourton, against a full-month average of 21.5 rain days (based on 1 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,191 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 1,022 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 17% wetter.
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: 2024 (1,787 mm). Driest: 2003 (784 mm). Average: 1,377 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.
Sourton gets about 1,471 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 180 mm; driest May, 82 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), 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Sourton's monitored area.
Village in Devon, England
Sourton is a small village and civil parish in West Devon, England. It lies about 4 miles (6 km) south-west of Okehampton. It is at the north-western extremity of Dartmoor, a National Park of England and Wales, and lies along the A386 road. The historic map of Sourton shows that it is located near a river and the Sourton forest this can be seen in the image below.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
22.0mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of Sourton.
October so far: 165.3mm vs 157.0mm October average — 5% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Sourton is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Sourton'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 Sourton, against a full-month average of 21.5 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,787 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,377 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 784 mm.
23 Nov 2024: 66.8 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 92.5 mm at one of them, during Storm Bert. 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 Sourton's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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