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How much rain fell in Torpoint, Cornwall? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.9mm of rain forecast for the area around Torpoint, heaviest in the hour to Tue 03:00 (1.0mm).
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 Torpoint | 0.0km | 0.5mm | 82.4mm | 123.9mm | 14.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Saltash nr Saltash | 7.7km | 0.1mm | 94.6mm | 141.4mm | 19.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Crownhill nr Crownhill | 9.2km | 0.0mm | 86.8mm | 140.6mm | 18.0mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 39.7mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Torpoint, against a full-month average of 20.4 rain days (based on 13 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 904 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 957 mm by the same date in an average year (2006–2025) — 6% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 4 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (2,422 mm). Driest: 2006 (886 mm). Average: 1,287 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 4 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.
Torpoint gets about 1,074 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 125 mm; driest May, 65 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), 2.1 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 Discharging now
Nearest gauge on it: Pillaton, 9.5 km away: 0.75 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Lynher →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Torpoint's monitored area.
56 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Torpoint's monitored area. 3 are discharging now, 50 report not discharging, and 3 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.
Town in Cornwall, England
Torpoint is a town and civil parish on the Rame Peninsula in southeast Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated opposite the city of Plymouth across the Hamoaze which is the tidal estuary of the River Tamar. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 7,444 and the built up area had a population of 7,160.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.3mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Torpoint.
October so far: 141.0mm vs 149.9mm October average — 6% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Torpoint is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Torpoint's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Torpoint, against a full-month average of 20.4 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2006, with 2,422 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,287 mm a year. The driest was 2006, with 886 mm.
14 Jul 2023: 68.1 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 166.8 mm at one of them. Records since 21 Nov 2005.
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 Torpoint's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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