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How much rain fell in Blubberhouses, North Yorkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Blubberhouses, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (1.2mm).
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 Blubberhouses | 0.0km | 10.0mm | 26.6mm | 81.3mm | 11.7mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Stainburn nr Stainburn | 8.7km | 9.7mm | 23.2mm | 65.8mm | 12.7mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Clifton nr Clifton | 9.0km | 15.6mm | 25.5mm | 55.8mm | 9.1mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 12.2mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Blubberhouses, against a full-month average of 22.2 rain days (based on 3 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 693 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 802 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — 14% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 6 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (1,436 mm). Driest: 2003 (735 mm). Average: 1,051 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 6 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.
Blubberhouses gets about 1,076 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 118 mm; driest May, 67 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), 2.3 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: Pateley Bridge, 8.1 km away: 0.19 m Rising slightly ▲.
Every gauge on the River Nidd →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Blubberhouses's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Blubberhouses's monitored area. The 1 with a live status is not 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: © 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.
Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England
Blubberhouses is a small village and civil parish in the Washburn Valley in North Yorkshire, England. The population as at the 2011 Census was less than 100, so details were included in the civil parish of Fewston. In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population of the parish to be 40. Blubberhouses is within the Nidderdale National Landscape and is east of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It lies on the A59 road linking Harrogate to Skipton, and to the north of a Roman road and Fewston Reservoir.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
12.2mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Blubberhouses.
October so far: 72.7mm vs 110.1mm October average — 34% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Blubberhouses is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Blubberhouses's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Blubberhouses, against a full-month average of 22.2 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 1,436 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,051 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 735 mm.
25 Dec 2015: 72.5 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 90.2 mm at one of them. Records since 3 Feb 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 Blubberhouses's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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