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How much rain fell in Weymouth, Dorset? 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 Weymouth (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.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Weymouth (west) | 2.8km | 13.0mm | 87.2mm | 129.9mm | 7.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Weymouth (east) | 2.8km | 11.3mm | 89.4mm | 130.3mm | 5.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Askerswell nr Askerswell | 15.6km | 17.7mm | 92.4mm | 153.0mm | 9.4mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 26.7mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Weymouth (west), against a full-month average of 19.4 rain days (based on 19 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 743 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 716 mm by the same date in an average year (2008–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 2 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2024 (1,390 mm). Driest: 2011 (685 mm). Average: 959 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 2 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.
Weymouth gets about 1,041 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 130 mm; driest May, 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: Louds Mill, 5.9 km away: 0.15 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Frome →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Weymouth's monitored area.
8 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Weymouth's monitored area. None of the 8 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.
Town in Dorset, England
Weymouth is a seaside town and civil parish in the Dorset district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. Situated on a sheltered bay at the mouth of the River Wey, 7 miles (11 km) south of the county town of Dorchester, Weymouth had a population of 53,416 in 2021. It is the third-largest settlement in Dorset after Bournemouth and Poole.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
12.1mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Weymouth.
October so far: 130.1mm vs 110.4mm October average — 18% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Weymouth (west) is the nearest rain gauge, 2.8km from the centre of Weymouth'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 Weymouth (west), against a full-month average of 19.4 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2008, with 1,390 mm from the average of 2 local rain gauges, against an average of 959 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 685 mm.
7 Jul 2012: 52.5 mm on average across 2 local rain gauges, and up to 63.2 mm at one of them. Records since 13 Jul 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 Weymouth's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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