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How much rain fell in Alston Moor, 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 2.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Alston Moor, heaviest in the hour to Wed 07:00 (1.0mm).
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 Moor | 0.0km | 5.6mm | 73.6mm | 183.2mm | 10.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Wearhead nr Wearhead | 9.2km | 3.2mm | 58.2mm | 110.8mm | 6.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Glassonby nr Glassonby | 9.6km | 2.3mm | 40.9mm | 122.0mm | 5.2mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 17.5mm.
22 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Alston Moor, against a full-month average of 25.3 rain days (based on 24 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 885 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 1,006 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 12% drier.
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: 2000 (1,705 mm). Driest: 2003 (978 mm). Average: 1,331 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 Moor gets about 1,719 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 215 mm; driest May, 96 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), 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
Nearest gauge on it: Alston, 8.8 km away: 0.65 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 Moor's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Alston Moor's monitored area. The 1 with a live status is not 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.
Civil parish in Cumbria, England
Alston Moor, formerly known as Alston with Garrigill, is a civil parish and electoral ward in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England, based around the small town of Alston. It is set in the moorlands of the North Pennines, mostly at an altitude of over 1000 feet. The parish/ward had a population of 2,088 at the 2011 census. As well as the town of Alston, the parish includes the villages of Garrigill and Nenthead, along with the hamlets of Nenthall, Nentsberry, Galligill, Blagill, Ashgill, Leadgate, Bayles and Raise. Alston Moor is part of the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), the second largest of the 40 AONBs in England and Wales.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.6mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Alston Moor.
October so far: 124.4mm vs 138.5mm October average — 10% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Alston Moor is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Alston Moor's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
22 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Alston Moor, against a full-month average of 25.3 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,705 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,331 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 978 mm.
7 Jan 2005: 70.2 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 Moor's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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