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How much rain fell in Whitstone, Cornwall? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 6.3mm of rain forecast for the area around Whitstone, heaviest in the hour to Tue 01:00 (1.7mm).
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 Whitstone | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 85.9mm | 125.4mm | 9.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Holsworthy nr Holsworthy | 6.4km | 0.9mm | 91.8mm | 140.5mm | 12.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Jacobstow nr Jacobstow | 9.5km | 0.6mm | 83.9mm | 123.2mm | 10.6mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 27.5mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Whitstone, against a full-month average of 19.5 rain days (based on 19 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 942 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 856 mm by the same date in an average year (2003–2025) — 10% wetter.
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: 2012 (1,504 mm). Driest: 2022 (832 mm). Average: 1,163 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
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.
Whitstone gets about 1,169 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 142 mm; driest April, 66 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), 2.2 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: Crowford Bridge, 0.0 km away: 1.25 m Rising ▲.
Every gauge on the River Tamar →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Whitstone's monitored area.
4 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Whitstone's monitored area. 2 are 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: © 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 east Cornwall, England
Whitstone is a village and civil parish in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is roughly halfway between the towns of Bude and Launceston. The population at the 2011 census was 590.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.1mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Whitstone.
October so far: 133.8mm vs 125.0mm October average — 7% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Whitstone is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Whitstone's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Whitstone, against a full-month average of 19.5 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2003, with 1,504 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,163 mm a year. The driest was 2022, with 832 mm.
16 Jul 2009: 60.8 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 73.4 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 Whitstone's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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