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How much rain fell in Torquay, Torbay? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
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Heavy rain brings a high likelihood of moderate impacts from surface water flooding.
In force until 11pm Sat 24 Oct (UK time). Issued 9:05am Sat 24 Oct by the Met Office.
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Next 24 hours: about 7.9mm of rain forecast for the area around Torquay, heaviest in the hour to 22:00 (2.8mm).
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 Edginswell nr Edginswell | 0.1km | 8.0mm | 32.0mm | 79.3mm | 27.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Brixham nr Brixham | 10.9km | 10.1mm | 38.1mm | 90.7mm | 29.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Bickington nr Bickington | 11.0km | 17.6mm | 43.3mm | 85.5mm | 27.2mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 16.0mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Edginswell, against a full-month average of 20.0 rain days (based on 4 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 848 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 869 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 6 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (1,571 mm). Driest: 2011 (781 mm). Average: 1,192 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 6 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.
Torquay gets about 1,075 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 129 mm; driest July, 58 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: Coombe Cellars, 7.6 km away: 2.21 m Rising ▲.
A tidal gauge: its level rises and falls with the tide twice a day, so "rising" here is usually the tide coming in.
Every gauge on the River Teign →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Torquay's monitored area.
24 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Torquay's monitored area. None of the 23 with a live status is discharging right now, and 1 has 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 Devon, England
Torquay is a seaside town in Devon, England, part of the unitary authority area of Torbay. It lies 18 miles (29 km) south of the county town of Exeter and 28 miles (45 km) east-north-east of Plymouth, on the north of Tor Bay, adjoining the neighbouring town of Paignton on the west of the bay and across from the fishing port of Brixham. At the 2021 census, the built-up area of Torquay had a population of 52,037.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
12.2mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Torquay.
October so far: 93.8mm vs 144.0mm October average — 35% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Edginswell is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Torquay'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 Edginswell, against a full-month average of 20.0 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,571 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,192 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 781 mm.
15 Feb 2020: 62.4 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 79.0 mm at one of them, during Storm Dennis. 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 Torquay's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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