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How much rain fell in Coniston, 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 11.0mm of rain forecast for the area around Coniston, heaviest in the hour to Tue 01:00 (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 Coniston | 0.0km | 21.5mm | 166.8mm | 439.5mm | 30.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Lakes nr Lakes | 7.4km | 32.8mm | 135.2mm | 357.4mm | 15.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Hall Dunnerdale nr Hall Dunnerdale | 8.4km | 5.4mm | 112.6mm | 301.4mm | 19.6mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 52.8mm.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Coniston, against a full-month average of 21.9 rain days (based on 6 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,988 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 1,923 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 7 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2020 (3,234 mm). Driest: 2003 (1,824 mm). Average: 2,597 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 7 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.
Coniston gets about 2,710 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 317 mm; driest April, 140 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), 1.4 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 Storm overflow Discharging now
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Coniston's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Coniston's monitored area. 2 are 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.
Village and parish in England
Coniston is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,058, decreasing at the 2011 census to 928. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it is in the southern part of the Lake District National Park, between Coniston Water, the third longest lake in the Lake District, and Coniston Old Man.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
19.9mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Coniston.
October so far: 304.1mm vs 277.3mm October average — 10% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Coniston is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Coniston's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Coniston, against a full-month average of 21.9 rain days.
2020 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 3,234 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 2,597 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 1,824 mm.
25 Oct 2008: 116.2 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 188.2 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 Coniston's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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