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How much rain fell in Carnforth, Lancashire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
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Heavy rain brings a high likelihood of moderate impacts from surface water flooding.
In force until 11pm Sat 24 Oct (UK time). Issued 9:05am Sat 24 Oct by the Met Office.
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Next 24 hours: about 2.5mm of rain forecast for the area around Carnforth, heaviest in the hour to 18:00 (1.7mm).
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 Over Kellet nr Over Kellet | 4.7km | 10.6mm | 18.0mm | 103.0mm | 12.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Morecambe nr Morecambe | 8.8km | 8.2mm | 20.5mm | 107.5mm | 16.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Galgate nr Galgate | 12.9km | 13.0mm | 25.9mm | 122.0mm | 15.9mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 14.7mm.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Over Kellet, against a full-month average of 20.0 rain days (based on 1 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 930 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 888 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — 5% 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: 2012 (1,490 mm). Driest: 2003 (760 mm). Average: 1,183 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.
Carnforth gets about 1,078 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 119 mm; driest April, 57 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), 2.2 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: Caton, 6.7 km away: 0.84 m Rising ▲.
Every gauge on the River Lune →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Carnforth's monitored area.
11 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Carnforth's monitored area. 2 are discharging now, 7 report not discharging, and 2 have 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: © United Utilities 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 Lancashire, England
Carnforth is a market town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England, situated at the north-east end of Morecambe Bay. The parish of Carnforth had a population of 5,521 in the 2021 census and 5,560 in the 2011 census, an increase from the 5,350 recorded in the 2001 census. The town is situated around 7 miles north of Lancaster, 17 miles south of Kendal, 40 miles east of Barrow-in-Furness and 28 miles north-west of Settle. The town is also close to the Cumbria/Lancashire border.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
10.9mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Carnforth.
October so far: 112.7mm vs 133.4mm October average — 16% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Over Kellet is the nearest rain gauge, 4.7km from the centre of Carnforth's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Over Kellet, against a full-month average of 20.0 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 1,490 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,183 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 760 mm.
22 Nov 2017: 57.5 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 63.8 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 Carnforth's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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