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How much rain fell in Buckden, North Yorkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 14.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Buckden, heaviest in the hour to Wed 08:00 (2.9mm).
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 Buckden | 0.0km | 14.6mm | 89.6mm | 186.8mm | 13.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Hesleden nr Hesleden | 6.7km | 17.4mm | 90.2mm | 194.6mm | 11.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ingleton nr Ingleton | 9.0km | 15.5mm | 79.0mm | 187.4mm | 7.3mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 29.8mm.
22 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Buckden, against a full-month average of 24.0 rain days (based on 22 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,160 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 1,218 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 5% 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: 2015 (2,071 mm). Driest: 2001 (1,139 mm). Average: 1,618 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.
Buckden gets about 1,891 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 230 mm; driest May, 102 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), 2.1 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 Buckden's monitored area.
Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England
Buckden is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Buckden is situated in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and on the east bank of the River Wharfe in Wharfedale. The civil parish includes the hamlet of Cray and the whole of Langstrothdale. According to the 2011 Census the parish had a population of 187.
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12.0mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Buckden.
October so far: 164.5mm vs 165.2mm October average — 0% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Buckden is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Buckden's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
22 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Buckden, against a full-month average of 24.0 rain days.
2015 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 2,071 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,618 mm a year. The driest was 2001, with 1,139 mm.
7 Jan 2005: 76.4 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 95.8 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 Buckden's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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