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How much rain fell in Arkle Town, North Yorkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.6mm of rain forecast for the area around Arkle Town, heaviest in the hour to 15:00 (1.1mm).
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 Muker nr Muker | 8.5km | 21.2mm | 64.6mm | 111.6mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Bowes nr Bowes | 14.1km | 4.2mm | 32.0mm | 71.0mm | 1.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Cotherstone nr Cotherstone | 16.3km | 15.8mm | 49.0mm | 74.4mm | 3.8mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 16.7mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Muker, against a full-month average of 23.1 rain days (based on 22 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 814 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 936 mm by the same date in an average year (2005–2025) — 13% drier.
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: 2020 (1,568 mm). Driest: 2025 (949 mm). Average: 1,247 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.
Arkle Town gets about 1,200 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 138 mm; driest May, 67 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), 1.8 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: Grinton Bridge, 5.2 km away: 0.31 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Swale →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Arkle Town's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Arkle Town'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: © Yorkshire 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.
Hamlet in North Yorkshire, England
Arkle Town is a hamlet in Arkengarthdale in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated 0.4 miles (0.64 km) to the south of Langthwaite and 2.7 miles (4.3 km) north-west of Reeth.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
12.7mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Arkle Town.
October so far: 91.3mm vs 117.0mm October average — 22% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Muker is the nearest rain gauge, 8.5km from the centre of Arkle Town's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Muker, against a full-month average of 23.1 rain days.
2020 was the wettest year in the record since 2005, with 1,568 mm from the average of 2 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,247 mm a year. The driest was 2025, with 949 mm.
24 Sep 2012: 64.4 mm on average across 2 local rain gauges, and up to 70.4 mm at one of them. Records since 31 Aug 2004.
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 Arkle Town's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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