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How much rain fell in Belford, Northumberland? 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 Belford (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 Belford | 0.0km | 0.8mm | 65.2mm | 85.4mm | 3.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Chatton nr Chatton | 9.9km | 3.6mm | 54.4mm | 70.6mm | 2.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Seahouses nr Seahouses | 13.2km | 0.4mm | 39.4mm | 66.2mm | 4.2mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 37.4mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Belford, against a full-month average of 19.6 rain days (based on 16 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 489 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 526 mm by the same date in an average year (2009–2025) — 7% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 3 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (852 mm). Driest: 2011 (578 mm). Average: 690 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 3 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.
Belford gets about 748 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 81 mm; driest March, 46 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), 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: Weetwood Bridge, 8.2 km away: 0.72 m Falling ▼.
Every gauge on the River Till →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Belford's monitored area.
4 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Belford's monitored area. None of the 4 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 and civil parish in Northumberland, England
Belford is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, about halfway between Alnwick and Berwick-upon-Tweed, around 4 km inland from the east coast and just off the Great North Road, the A1. At the 2001 census it had a population of 1,055, increasing to 1,258 at the 2011 Census.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.6mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Belford.
October so far: 74.1mm vs 80.5mm October average — 8% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Belford is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Belford's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Belford, against a full-month average of 19.6 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2009, with 852 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 690 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 578 mm.
17 Jul 2009: 61.3 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 63.2 mm at one of them. Records since 18 Apr 2008.
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 Belford's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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