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How much rain fell in Taunton, 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 Taunton (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 05:05 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 Taunton
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 30% chance of more than 1 mm, less than 5% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: 40% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 04:40 on Tue 27 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 1.6 km from Taunton. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Taunton (south) | 3.5km | 5.0mm | 73.0mm | 93.0mm | 3.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Taunton (north) | 6.9km | 5.4mm | 72.6mm | 103.4mm | 5.7mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Hemyock nr Hemyock | 13.0km | 9.2mm | 82.0mm | 108.4mm | 5.1mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 26.3mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Taunton (south), against a full-month average of 21.5 rain days (based on 1 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 754 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 760 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 5 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (1,332 mm). Driest: 2011 (697 mm). Average: 1,027 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 5 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.
Taunton gets about 837 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 95 mm; driest May, 51 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), 1.1 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Taunton's monitored area.
21 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Taunton's monitored area. None of the 21 with a live status is discharging right now.
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.
County town of Somerset, England
Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England. It is a market town and has a minster church. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century monastic foundation, owned by the Bishops of Winchester, which was rebuilt as Taunton Castle by the Normans in the 12th century. Parts of the inner ward house were turned into the Museum of Somerset and Somerset Military Museum. For the Second Cornish uprising of 1497, Perkin Warbeck brought an army of 6,000; most surrendered to Henry VII on 4 October 1497. On 20 June 1685, the Duke of Monmouth crowned himself King of England in Taunton in the failed Monmouth Rebellion. Judge Jeffreys led the Bloody Assizes in the Castle's Great Hall.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
7.8mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Taunton.
October so far: 111.2mm vs 103.7mm October average — 7% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Taunton (south) is the nearest rain gauge, 3.5km from the centre of Taunton's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Taunton (south), against a full-month average of 21.5 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,332 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,027 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 697 mm.
29 Oct 2000: 67.2 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 80.6 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 Taunton's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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