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How much rain fell in Abbeytown, Cumberland? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 6.0mm of rain forecast for the area around Abbeytown, heaviest in the hour to Tue 00:00 (1.8mm).
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 Abbeytown | 0.0km | 9.4mm | 56.0mm | 118.2mm | 4.7mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Mealsgate nr Mealsgate | 11.7km | 9.8mm | 63.9mm | 158.4mm | 3.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Thursby nr Thursby | 15.8km | 12.2mm | 66.1mm | 115.8mm | 2.3mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 27.3mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Abbeytown, against a full-month average of 20.2 rain days (based on 25 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 834 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 817 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 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: 2012 (1,380 mm). Driest: 2003 (728 mm). Average: 1,066 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.
Abbeytown gets about 921 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 104 mm; driest April, 48 mm). That is drier 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), 2.0 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Abbeytown's monitored area.
5 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Abbeytown's monitored area. None of the 5 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: © United Utilities 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 Cumbria, England
Abbeytown is the main village in the civil parish of Holme Abbey in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The parish was historically called Holme Cultram. The modern names of Abbeytown and Holme Abbey both reference Holmcultram Abbey, which was founded in 1150 and dissolved in 1538; the surviving nave from the abbey now serves as the parish church. The parish of Holme Abbey had a population of 757 at the 2021 census.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
9.6mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Abbeytown.
October so far: 138.3mm vs 121.8mm October average — 14% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Abbeytown is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Abbeytown's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Abbeytown, against a full-month average of 20.2 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,380 mm from the average of 2 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,066 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 728 mm.
3 Oct 2014: 84.4 mm on average across 2 local rain gauges, and up to 89.6 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 Abbeytown's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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