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How much rain fell in Cartmel Fell, Westmorland and Furness? 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 Cartmel Fell (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 05:05 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.
Chance of rain in Cartmel Fell
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 15% chance of more than 1 mm, less than 5% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: 5% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 04:40 on Thu 29 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 1.6 km from Cartmel Fell. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Cartmel Fell | 0.0km | 12.8mm | 109.0mm | 241.0mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr High Newton nr High Newton | 7.5km | 9.5mm | 82.9mm | 208.1mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Levens nr Levens | 10.4km | 12.0mm | 69.6mm | 173.6mm | 0.2mm |
Daily totals 29 Sep–28 Oct. Wettest day: 44.9mm.
24 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Cartmel Fell, against a full-month average of 21.9 rain days (based on 6 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,583 mm (1 Jan to 28 Oct), against 1,364 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 16% wetter.
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: 2023 (2,484 mm). Driest: 2001 (1,250 mm). Average: 1,796 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.
Cartmel Fell gets about 1,780 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 212 mm; driest April, 91 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), 1.6 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: Newby Bridge, 5.3 km away: 1.42 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Leven →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Cartmel Fell's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Cartmel Fell's monitored area. 1 is discharging 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: © 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.
Hamlet and civil parish in Cumbria, England
Cartmel Fell is a hamlet and a civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 309, increasing at the 2011 census to 329. The village of Cartmel and its church, Cartmel Priory, are not in this parish but in Lower Allithwaite to the south. Cartmel Fell church is about 7 miles (11 km) north of Cartmel Priory.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
15.7mm of rain fell yesterday (28 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Cartmel Fell.
October so far: 278.3mm vs 207.9mm October average — 34% wetter. Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Cartmel Fell is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Cartmel Fell's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
24 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Cartmel Fell, against a full-month average of 21.9 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 2,484 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,796 mm a year. The driest was 2001, with 1,250 mm.
23 Nov 2024: 76.7 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 113.0 mm at one of them, during Storm Bert. 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 Cartmel Fell's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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