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How much rain fell in Bampton, 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 12.1mm of rain forecast for the area around Bampton, heaviest in the hour to Wed 08:00 (3.2mm).
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 Bampton | 0.8km | 8.8mm | 125.2mm | 244.2mm | 24.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Shap nr Shap | 7.2km | 13.9mm | 123.4mm | 249.9mm | 25.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Patterdale nr Patterdale | 11.4km | 25.0mm | 158.6mm | 376.9mm | 24.3mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 44.5mm.
23 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Bampton, against a full-month average of 23.0 rain days (based on 3 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,501 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 1,418 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 6% wetter.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 8 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2015 (2,495 mm). Driest: 2001 (1,170 mm). Average: 1,926 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 8 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.
Bampton gets about 1,663 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 219 mm; driest April, 86 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), 2.4 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
Nearest gauge on it: Bampton Grange, 2.2 km away: 0.72 m Falling ▼.
Every gauge on the River Lowther →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Bampton's monitored area.
Village and civil parish in Cumbria, England
Bampton is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area of Cumbria, England, on the edge of the Lake District National Park. It is in the historic county of Westmorland. The parish had a population of 283 according to the 2001 census. In the 2011 census Bampton was grouped with Martindale to give a total of 373. The parish includes the villages of Bampton, Bampton Grange, Butterwick and Bomby.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
12.8mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of Bampton.
October so far: 272.3mm vs 217.4mm October average — 25% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Bampton is the nearest rain gauge, 0.8km from the centre of Bampton's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
23 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Bampton, against a full-month average of 23.0 rain days.
2015 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 2,495 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,926 mm a year. The driest was 2001, with 1,170 mm.
5 Dec 2015: 122.2 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 191.8 mm at one of them, during Storm Desmond. 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 Bampton's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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