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Howdon NO 2

North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE28 0QD
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Historical gauge. This is the Environment Agency's quality-checked archive record for this site. It runs about two months behind and does not report live; its record ends on 26 June 2026. Current totals are not shown. Live rain nearby: Rainfall gauge nr Whitley Bay, 6.3 km away.
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October Total
avg: 67.9mm
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Rain forecast

Next 24 hours: about 0.5mm of rain forecast for the area around North Shields, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (0.5mm).

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).

Rainfall Chart

Monthly Rainfall Overview

North Shields gets about 666 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 74 mm; driest March, 40 mm). That is 43% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.3 km away. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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🚽 Storm overflows within 3 km

Sewer overflows near this rain gauge, from the water companies’ live event-duration monitors and their official annual spill figures. Spill starts also appear as markers on the rainfall chart above.

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Location

Station ref
HYRAIN_adab50f9c6dee42875ec69a226b8a511153ee797
Lat, lng
54.992711, -1.477547
Postcode
NE28 0QD
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