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How much rain fell in Thorncombe, Dorset? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 5.5mm of rain forecast for the area around Thorncombe, heaviest in the hour to Tue 03:00 (2.9mm).
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.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Thorncombe | 0.0km | 0.6mm | 78.8mm | 117.5mm | 7.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Combe St Nicholas nr Combe St Nicholas | 7.4km | 0.4mm | 70.0mm | 96.8mm | 6.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Marshwood nr Marshwood | 7.5km | 2.1mm | 67.7mm | 99.8mm | 8.1mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 32.2mm.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Thorncombe, against a full-month average of 19.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 857 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 837 mm by the same date in an average year (2008–2025) — 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: 2012 (1,437 mm). Driest: 2011 (777 mm). Average: 1,133 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.
Thorncombe gets about 1,159 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 136 mm; driest July, 66 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), 2.3 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
Nearest gauge on it: Winsham, 1.3 km away: 0.96 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Axe →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Thorncombe's monitored area.
9 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Thorncombe's monitored area. None of the 7 with a live status is discharging right now, and 2 have no current status.
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.
Village in Dorset, England
Thorncombe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It was historically, until 1844, an exclave of Devon. It lies five miles (8 km) south east of the town of Chard in neighbouring Somerset. Thorncombe is situated close to the borders of both Somerset and Devon. In the 2011 census the population of the civil parish was 687.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.8mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km of Thorncombe.
October so far: 129.2mm vs 131.5mm October average — 2% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Thorncombe is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Thorncombe'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 Thorncombe, against a full-month average of 19.5 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2008, with 1,437 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,133 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 777 mm.
6 Jul 2012: 63.8 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 83.0 mm at one of them. Records since 16 Feb 2007.
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 Thorncombe's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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