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How much rain fell in Alwinton, Northumberland? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Alwinton, heaviest in the hour to Wed 04:00 (0.2mm).
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 Alwinton | 0.0km | 1.1mm | – | – | 2.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Byrness nr Byrness | 14.6km | 3.8mm | 64.2mm | 114.2mm | 6.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Rothbury nr Rothbury | 17.0km | 1.7mm | 40.9mm | 62.0mm | 1.5mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 30.0mm.
13 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Alwinton, against a full-month average of 22.0 rain days (based on 26 months of records at this gauge).
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: 2008 (1,337 mm). Driest: 2003 (741 mm). Average: 1,031 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.
Alwinton gets about 1,033 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 109 mm; driest May, 63 mm). That is close to 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), 2.1 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: Alwinton Bridge, 3.1 km away: 0.38 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Coquet →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Alwinton's monitored area.
3 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Alwinton's monitored area. None of the 3 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.
Village in Northumberland, England
Alwinton is a village and former parish in Northumberland, England. Alwinton is named after the nearby River Alwin, and means farm on the River Alwin.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
2.5mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Alwinton.
October so far: 114.2mm vs 112.9mm October average — 1% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Alwinton is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Alwinton's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
13 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Alwinton, against a full-month average of 22.0 rain days.
2008 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,337 mm from the average of 2 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,031 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 741 mm.
17 Jul 2009: 49.9 mm on average across 2 local rain gauges, and up to 57.6 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 Alwinton's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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