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How much rain fell in Blyth, 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 Blyth (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 Blyth | 0.0km | 0.8mm | 24.4mm | 49.0mm | 3.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Newbiggin by the Sea nr Newbiggin by the Sea | 4.8km | 1.2mm | 21.4mm | 43.2mm | 2.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Whitley Bay nr Whitley Bay | 11.2km | 0.9mm | 22.6mm | 49.4mm | 5.9mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 11.9mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Blyth, against a full-month average of 19.3 rain days (based on 8 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 451 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 492 mm by the same date in an average year (2008–2025) — 8% drier.
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 (907 mm). Driest: 2011 (499 mm). Average: 640 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.
Blyth gets about 659 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 74 mm; driest May, 41 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), 1.9 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 Discharging now
Nearest gauge on it: Hartford Bridge, 5.6 km away: 0.16 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Blyth →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Blyth's monitored area.
44 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Blyth's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 42 report not discharging, 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: © 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.
Town in Northumberland, England
Blyth is an industrial port town as well as a civil parish in southeast Northumberland, England. It lies on the coast, to the south of the River Blyth. It has a population of 39,731 as of the 2021 census, up 6% from the 2011 census and population of 37,347.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.0mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Blyth.
October so far: 49.9mm vs 69.5mm October average — 28% 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 Blyth is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Blyth'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 Blyth, against a full-month average of 19.3 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2008, with 907 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 640 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 499 mm.
21 Nov 2016: 45.7 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 50.0 mm at one of them, during Storm Angus. Records since 1 May 2007.
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 Blyth's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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