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How much rain fell in Boot, Westmorland and Furness? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 13.7mm of rain forecast for the area around Boot, heaviest in the hour to Mon 12:00 (4.4mm).
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 Hall Dunnerdale nr Hall Dunnerdale | 6.5km | 52.6mm | 107.4mm | 281.8mm | 5.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Coniston nr Coniston | 9.2km | 71.5mm | 145.3mm | 409.3mm | 21.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Lakes nr Lakes | 10.3km | 43.0mm | 102.4mm | 341.6mm | 32.8mm |
Daily totals 25 Sep–24 Oct. Wettest day: 59.2mm.
23 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Hall Dunnerdale, against a full-month average of 22.5 rain days (based on 8 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 2,544 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 2,377 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 7% wetter.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 5 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2020 (4,125 mm). Driest: 2001 (2,356 mm). Average: 3,237 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 5 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.
Boot gets about 2,265 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 261 mm; driest April, 117 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), 2.4 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 Boot's monitored area.
Village in the English county of Cumbria
Boot is a small village in Eskdale on the western side of the English Lake District. It lies within the civil parish of Eskdale, the unitary authority of Cumberland, and the ceremonial county of Cumbria. The main part of the village lies beside the Whillan Beck, whilst its church, St Catherine's, lies 0.6 miles (0.97 km) to the south on the bank of the River Esk. The Whillan Beck flows into the Esk just downstream of the village.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
59.2mm of rain fell yesterday (24 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Boot.
October so far: 387.2mm vs 334.7mm October average — 16% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 25 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Hall Dunnerdale is the nearest rain gauge, 6.5km from the centre of Boot'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 Hall Dunnerdale, against a full-month average of 22.5 rain days.
2020 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 4,125 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 3,237 mm a year. The driest was 2001, with 2,356 mm.
14 Nov 2015: 145.6 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 184.6 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 Boot's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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