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How much rain fell in Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: little or no rain forecast for the area around Barrow-in-Furness (under 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 Barrow-in-Furness | 0.0km | 3.4mm | 44.3mm | 130.4mm | 0.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Marton nr Marton | 7.8km | 5.1mm | 59.8mm | 203.8mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Hall Dunnerdale nr Hall Dunnerdale | 22.9km | 19.4mm | 123.0mm | 329.0mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 29 Sep–28 Oct. Wettest day: 29.1mm.
24 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Barrow-in-Furness, against a full-month average of 20.7 rain days (based on 26 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 946 mm (1 Jan to 28 Oct), against 933 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
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: 2023 (1,627 mm). Driest: 2001 (878 mm). Average: 1,216 mm a year.
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.
Barrow-in-Furness gets about 1,039 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 119 mm; driest April, 56 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), 1.7 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Barrow-in-Furness's monitored area.
19 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Barrow-in-Furness's monitored area. None of the 19 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: © United Utilities 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 Cumbria, England
Barrow-in-Furness, commonly known as Barrow, is an industrial port town and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness local government area of Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, Barrow is at the tip of the Furness peninsula, 24 miles (39 km) south-west of Kendal and 18 miles (29 km) west of Lancaster. It is bordered by Morecambe Bay to the east, the Duddon Estuary to the west, and the Irish Sea to the south. In 2021, Barrow's population was 55,489, making it the second-largest urban area in Cumbria after Carlisle and the largest in Westmorland and Furness.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
4.3mm of rain fell yesterday (28 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Barrow-in-Furness.
October so far: 167.1mm vs 144.7mm October average — 15% wetter. Figures are the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Barrow-in-Furness is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Barrow-in-Furness's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
24 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Barrow-in-Furness, against a full-month average of 20.7 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,627 mm from the average of 2 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,216 mm a year. The driest was 2001, with 878 mm.
27 Oct 2024: 50.6 mm on average across 2 local rain gauges, and up to 64.3 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 Barrow-in-Furness's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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