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How much rain fell in Bewcastle, Cumberland? 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 Bewcastle, heaviest in the hour to Tue 01:00 (1.1mm).
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 Bewcastle | 0.0km | 6.7mm | 41.6mm | 398.4mm | 5.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Kingwater nr Kingwater | 10.9km | 9.0mm | 58.5mm | 131.3mm | 6.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Greystead nr Greystead | 13.4km | 15.0mm | 63.4mm | 139.6mm | 6.2mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 31.7mm.
23 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Bewcastle, against a full-month average of 20.9 rain days (based on 22 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,072 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 1,042 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
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 (1,676 mm). Driest: 2003 (892 mm). Average: 1,334 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
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.
Bewcastle gets about 1,401 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 149 mm; driest May, 80 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), 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Bewcastle's monitored area.
Civil parish in Cumbria, England
Bewcastle is a large civil parish in the Cumberland unitary authority area of Cumbria, England. It was in the historic county of Cumberland.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
10.2mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Bewcastle.
October so far: 223.1mm vs 136.4mm October average — 64% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Bewcastle is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Bewcastle'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 Bewcastle, against a full-month average of 20.9 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,676 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,334 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 892 mm.
15 Jan 2011: 68.7 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 82.2 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 Bewcastle's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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