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How much rain fell in Alston, Westmorland and Furness? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Alston, heaviest in the hour to 20:00 (0.6mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 11:05 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 Alston | 0.4km | 16.2mm | 54.9mm | 126.2mm | 2.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Glassonby nr Glassonby | 6.6km | 3.4mm | 39.7mm | 116.8mm | 2.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Slaggyford nr Slaggyford | 7.8km | 13.2mm | 54.0mm | 128.0mm | 2.6mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 44.0mm.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Alston.
2026 so far: 978 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 976 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
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 (1,619 mm). Driest: 2003 (923 mm). Average: 1,291 mm a year.
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.
Alston gets about 1,394 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 174 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), 1.2 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
Nearest gauge on it: Alston, 0.5 km away: 0.45 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River South Tyne →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Alston's monitored area.
5 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Alston'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: © Northumbrian 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.
Town in Cumbria, England
Alston is a town in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, within the civil parish of Alston Moor. It is located at about 1,000 feet (300 m) above sea level in the North Pennines, the River South Tyne, and shares the title of 'highest market town in England', with Buxton, Derbyshire. Despite its relative isolation, the town has road connections to the Tyne Gap to the north, Weardale and Teesdale to the south-east, and Penrith to the south-west.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
24.9mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Alston.
October so far: 217.8mm vs 133.1mm October average — 64% 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 Alston is the nearest rain gauge, 0.4km from the centre of Alston's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,619 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,291 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 923 mm.
7 Jan 2005: 77.7 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 106.4 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 Alston's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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