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How much rain fell in Barnsley, South Yorkshire? 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 Barnsley, heaviest in the hour to Tue 03:00 (0.2mm).
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 Barnsley (north-west) | 5.0km | 7.5mm | 46.0mm | 64.4mm | 1.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Barnsley (south-west) | 9.0km | 15.0mm | 70.0mm | 107.0mm | 4.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Rotherham nr Rotherham | 9.2km | 5.3mm | 47.9mm | 73.1mm | 3.2mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 17.2mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Barnsley (north-west), against a full-month average of 17.6 rain days (based on 24 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 605 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 631 mm by the same date in an average year (2003–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 4 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (1,096 mm). Driest: 2003 (543 mm). Average: 809 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 4 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.
Barnsley gets about 930 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 101 mm; driest May, 62 mm). That is drier 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), 2.9 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: Oxspring Bower Hill, 3.4 km away: 0.10 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Don →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Barnsley's monitored area.
17 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Barnsley's monitored area. None of the 16 with a live status is discharging right now, and 1 has no current status.
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.
Town in South Yorkshire, England
Barnsley is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. It is the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. The town's population was recorded as 71,599 at the 2021 census, while the wider borough has a population of 251,770.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
7.9mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Barnsley.
October so far: 76.2mm vs 82.6mm October average — 8% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Barnsley (north-west) is the nearest rain gauge, 5.0km from the centre of Barnsley's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Barnsley (north-west), against a full-month average of 17.6 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2003, with 1,096 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 809 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 543 mm.
9 Aug 2004: 61.1 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 68.2 mm at one of them. Records since 14 Jan 2002.
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 Barnsley's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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