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How much rain fell in Wheddon Cross, Somerset? 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 Wheddon Cross (under 0.2mm).
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 Wheddon Cross | 0.0km | 12.7mm | 129.9mm | 181.6mm | 6.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Exford nr Exford | 6.5km | 12.3mm | 154.1mm | 231.6mm | 9.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Selworthy nr Selworthy | 8.6km | 4.2mm | 73.4mm | 131.6mm | 3.8mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 43.9mm.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Wheddon Cross, against a full-month average of 21.2 rain days (based on 9 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 950 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 985 mm by the same date in an average year (2002–2025) — 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: 2023 (1,678 mm). Driest: 2010 (939 mm). Average: 1,335 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.
Wheddon Cross gets about 1,406 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 182 mm; driest May, 79 mm). That is wetter than 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), 0.5 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: Exford, 7.4 km away: 0.63 m Falling ▼.
Every gauge on the River Exe →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Wheddon Cross's monitored area.
3 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Wheddon Cross's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 2 report not discharging.
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. 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 and civil parish in Somerset, England
Cutcombe is a village and civil parish 9 miles (14 km) south of Minehead and north of Dulverton straddling the ridge between Exmoor and the Brendon Hills in Somerset. It has a population of 361.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
11.5mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of Wheddon Cross.
October so far: 184.6mm vs 139.8mm October average — 32% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Wheddon Cross is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Wheddon Cross's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Wheddon Cross, against a full-month average of 21.2 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2002, with 1,678 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,335 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 939 mm.
25 Feb 2002: 63.1 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 73.2 mm at one of them. 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 Wheddon Cross's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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