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How much rain fell in St Blazey, Cornwall? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.2mm of rain forecast for the area around St Blazey, heaviest in the hour to 01:00 (0.6mm).
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.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr St Blazey | 0.0km | 14.2mm | 97.1mm | 141.8mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Luxulyan nr Luxulyan | 4.0km | 17.9mm | 120.3mm | 172.5mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr St. Stephen-in-Brannel nr St. Stephen-in-Brannel | 7.7km | 11.3mm | 116.3mm | 162.1mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 34.1mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr St Blazey, against a full-month average of 20.4 rain days (based on 10 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,061 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 920 mm by the same date in an average year (2003–2025) — 15% wetter.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 7 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2024 (1,503 mm). Driest: 2003 (667 mm). Average: 1,253 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 7 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.
St Blazey gets about 1,185 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 145 mm; driest June, 67 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), 2.6 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 Discharging now
Nearest gauge on it: Restormel, 9.0 km away: 0.50 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Fowey →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of St Blazey's monitored area.
10 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of St Blazey's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 9 report not discharging.
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
St Blazey or St Blaise is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish has a short section of coastline onto St Austell Bay and includes western parts of Par within its boundaries, including Par Harbour. The parish also includes rural areas to the north-west of the built up area, including the hamlet of Bodelva and the Eden Project, which is located in a former quarry. The western part of the St Blazey built up area is known as St Blazey Gate. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 6,932 and the population of the built up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics was 6,575.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
13.7mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of St Blazey.
October so far: 155.3mm vs 133.3mm October average — 17% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr St Blazey is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of St Blazey's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr St Blazey, against a full-month average of 20.4 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2003, with 1,503 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,253 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 667 mm.
10 Jun 2020: 65.1 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 78.4 mm at one of them. Records since 1 Jan 2003.
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 St Blazey's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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