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How much rain fell in Wendron, Cornwall? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.8mm of rain forecast for the area around Wendron, heaviest in the hour to Tue 01:00 (1.3mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 11:05 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 Wendron | 0.0km | 0.8mm | 103.5mm | 159.6mm | 10.7mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Penryn nr Penryn | 10.2km | 0.6mm | 95.0mm | 139.2mm | 12.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Camborne nr Camborne | 10.9km | 0.0mm | 73.8mm | 603.6mm | 7.9mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 40.6mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Wendron, against a full-month average of 23.5 rain days (based on 13 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,048 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 850 mm by the same date in an average year (2002–2025) — 23% 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: 2023 (1,351 mm). Driest: 2005 (898 mm). Average: 1,165 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
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.
Wendron gets about 1,279 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 152 mm; driest May, 69 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), 1.7 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 Wendron's monitored area.
5 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Wendron's monitored area. None of the 5 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: © 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 Cornwall, England
Wendron is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is approximately 3 miles (5 km) to the north of Helston and 6 miles (10 km) to the west of Penryn. The parish population at the 2011 census was 2,743. The electoral ward of Wendron had a 2011 population of 4,936.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.2mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Wendron.
October so far: 198.8mm vs 124.7mm October average — 59% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Wendron is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Wendron's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Wendron, against a full-month average of 23.5 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2002, with 1,351 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,165 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 898 mm.
4 Aug 2013: 53.3 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 69.6 mm at one of them. Records since 14 Nov 2001.
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 Wendron's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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