Rainfall records — notable rain days, last 30 days

Each day we rank every gauge's rainfall against its own full history of rain days; listed below are days that reached the top 2% of that gauge's record, set a calendar-month record, or were the gauge's wettest day on record. Record depth varies by gauge — a "wettest day" at a gauge with 18 months of data means far less than at one with a decade, so every entry states the length of the record it is ranked against.

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Tuesday 18 August 2026

46.6mm

Rainfall gauge nr Olney Gauge all-time Olney · City of Milton Keynes The wettest day in this gauge's 6-month record and in the top 0.1% of 66 rain days ranked here.

4.3mm

Rainfall gauge nr Cotterstock Aug record Cotterstock · North Northamptonshire The wettest day at this gauge since 17 Jun 2026, a new August daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 26.3% of 365 rain days ranked here.

1.8mm

Rainfall gauge nr Colchester Aug record Colchester · Essex The wettest day at this gauge since 27 Jun 2026, a new August daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 25% of 72 rain days ranked here.

Monday 17 August 2026

9.8mm

Rainfall gauge nr Peterlee Aug record Peterlee · County Durham The wettest day at this gauge since 9 May 2026, a new August daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 7% of 430 rain days ranked here.

7.6mm

Rainfall gauge nr Westerdale Aug record Westerdale · North Yorkshire The wettest day at this gauge since 26 Jul 2026, a new August daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 15% of 461 rain days ranked here.

7.2mm

Rainfall gauge nr Stanley Aug record Stanley · County Durham The wettest day at this gauge since 4 Aug 2026, a new August daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 11.8% of 466 rain days ranked here.

6.6mm

Rainfall gauge nr Washington Aug record Washington · Tyne and Wear The wettest day at this gauge since 26 Jul 2026, a new August daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 10% of 409 rain days ranked here.

4.0mm

Rainfall gauge nr Worksop Aug record Worksop · Nottinghamshire The wettest day at this gauge since 11 Jun 2026, a new August daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 23.8% of 382 rain days ranked here.

Sunday 16 August 2026

79.6mm

Rainfall gauge nr Dawlish Gauge all-time Dawlish · Devon The wettest day in this gauge's 2-year record, a new August daily high, and in the top 0.1% of 430 rain days ranked here.

Wednesday 12 August 2026

15.6mm

Rainfall gauge nr St Paul's Walden Aug record St Paul's Walden · Hertfordshire The wettest day at this gauge since 18 Dec 2025, a new August daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 3.4% of 441 rain days ranked here.

Tuesday 11 August 2026

9.1mm

Rainfall gauge nr Husbands Bosworth Aug record Husbands Bosworth · Leicestershire The wettest day at this gauge since 6 Feb 2026, a new August daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 8.9% of 304 rain days ranked here.

Thursday 6 August 2026

15.5mm

Rainfall gauge nr Dingley Aug record Dingley · North Northamptonshire The wettest day at this gauge since 22 Nov 2025, a new August daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 2.9% of 380 rain days ranked here.

13.8mm

Rainfall gauge nr Hallaton Aug record Hallaton · Leicestershire The wettest day at this gauge since 6 Feb 2026, a new August daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 6.9% of 319 rain days ranked here.

Wednesday 5 August 2026

16.1mm

Rainfall gauge nr Barnsley Aug record Barnsley · South Yorkshire The wettest day at this gauge since 3 May 2026, a new August daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 5.6% of 431 rain days ranked here.

3.4mm

Rainfall gauge nr Llanwarne Aug record Llanwarne · Herefordshire The wettest day at this gauge since 17 Jun 2026, a new August daily high in this gauge's 11-month record, and in the top 38.9% of 180 rain days ranked here.

1.7mm

Rainfall gauge 169228 Gauge all-time The wettest day in this gauge's very short record (only 2 rain days on record here).

1.4mm

Rainfall gauge 080194 Gauge all-time The wettest day in this gauge's very short record (only 5 rain days on record here).

Tuesday 4 August 2026

16.2mm

Rainfall gauge nr Bratton Fleming Aug record Bratton Fleming · Devon The wettest day at this gauge since 18 May 2026, a new August daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 6.4% of 528 rain days ranked here.

15.6mm

Rainfall gauge nr Holsworthy Aug record Holsworthy · Devon The wettest day at this gauge since 8 Jun 2026, a new August daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 6.4% of 582 rain days ranked here.

14.0mm

Rainfall gauge nr Oldham Aug record Oldham · Greater Manchester The wettest day at this gauge since 11 Jun 2026, a new August daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 8.2% of 478 rain days ranked here.

13.4mm

Rainfall gauge nr Bristol Aug record Bristol · City of Bristol The wettest day at this gauge since 1 Jun 2026, a new August daily high in this gauge's 16-month record, and in the top 5% of 302 rain days ranked here.

12.5mm

Rainfall gauge nr Hexham Aug record Hexham · Northumberland The wettest day at this gauge since 1 Jun 2026, a new August daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 5.2% of 501 rain days ranked here.

9.7mm

Rainfall gauge nr Wakefield Aug record Wakefield · West Yorkshire The wettest day at this gauge since 11 Jun 2026, a new August daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 7.6% of 423 rain days ranked here.

9.6mm

Rainfall gauge nr Copley Aug record Copley · County Durham The wettest day at this gauge since 1 Jun 2026, a new August daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 9.6% of 459 rain days ranked here.

9.3mm

Rainfall gauge nr Stanley Aug record Stanley · County Durham The wettest day at this gauge since 1 Jun 2026, a new August daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 8.5% of 460 rain days ranked here.

9.1mm

Rainfall gauge nr Esh Winning Aug record Esh Winning · County Durham The wettest day at this gauge since 1 Jun 2026, a new August daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 9.4% of 458 rain days ranked here.

8.6mm

Rainfall gauge nr Wotton-under-Edge Aug record Wotton-under-Edge · Gloucestershire The wettest day at this gauge since 4 Jun 2026, a new August daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 12.9% of 411 rain days ranked here.

8.2mm

Rainfall gauge nr Woodlands Aug record Woodlands · South Gloucestershire The wettest day at this gauge since 9 Jun 2026, a new August daily high in this gauge's 22-month record, and in the top 15.2% of 409 rain days ranked here.

7.8mm

Rainfall gauge nr Harewood Aug record Harewood · West Yorkshire The wettest day at this gauge since 11 Jun 2026, a new August daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 14.8% of 413 rain days ranked here.

6.1mm

Rainfall gauge nr Filton Aug record Filton · South Gloucestershire The wettest day at this gauge since 9 Jun 2026, a new August daily high in this gauge's 16-month record, and in the top 19.6% of 276 rain days ranked here.

5.8mm

Thursday 30 July 2026

20.8mm

Rainfall gauge nr Maldon Jul record Maldon · Essex The wettest day at this gauge since 27 Nov 2024, a new July daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 0.3% of 395 rain days ranked here.

Sunday 26 July 2026

36.2mm

Rainfall gauge nr Chatton Gauge all-time Chatton · Northumberland The wettest day in this gauge's 2-year record, a new July daily high, and in the top 0.1% of 418 rain days ranked here.

32.1mm

Rainfall gauge nr Belford Jul record Belford · Northumberland The wettest day at this gauge since 13 Nov 2025, a new July daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 0.7% of 430 rain days ranked here.

28.1mm

Rainfall gauge nr Tintwistle Jul record Tintwistle · Derbyshire The wettest day at this gauge since 27 Jan 2026, a new July daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 2% of 550 rain days ranked here.

25.8mm

Rainfall gauge nr Warkworth Jul record Warkworth · Northumberland The wettest day at this gauge since 7 Dec 2024, a new July daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 0.5% of 431 rain days ranked here.

21.2mm

Rainfall gauge nr Seahouses Top 2% Seahouses · Northumberland The wettest day at this gauge since 13 Nov 2025 and in the top 1.5% of 405 rain days in this gauge's 2-year record.

20.4mm

Rainfall gauge nr Hazlerigg Village Jul record Hazlerigg Village · North East The wettest day at this gauge since 3 May 2026, a new July daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 1.8% of 458 rain days ranked here.

19.4mm

Rainfall gauge nr Blyth Jul record Blyth · Northumberland The wettest day at this gauge since 20 Sep 2025, a new July daily high in this gauge's 2-year record, and in the top 0.9% of 435 rain days ranked here.

Methodology: daily totals from Environment Agency rain gauges (UTC days, computed overnight) are percentile-ranked against every rain day (> 0mm) in that gauge's own record; only days of 1mm or more are ranked. "Record" always means the individual gauge's archive on FloodRadar — not historical Met Office records. See also live rain gauges · what changed in the last 24h.