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How much rain fell in Copley, County Durham? 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 Copley (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 11:05 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 Copley | 0.0km | 8.6mm | 40.0mm | 61.0mm | 3.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Evenwood and Barony nr Evenwood and Barony | 8.5km | 8.2mm | 39.2mm | 58.0mm | 3.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Cotherstone nr Cotherstone | 10.2km | 15.8mm | 49.0mm | 74.5mm | 3.9mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 14.1mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Copley, against a full-month average of 21.5 rain days (based on 25 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 604 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 623 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 3 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (1,074 mm). Driest: 2003 (586 mm). Average: 798 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 3 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.
Copley gets about 914 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 95 mm; driest May, 56 mm). That is drier 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), 2.2 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: Barnard Castle, 9.6 km away: 0.60 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Tees →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Copley's monitored area.
10 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Copley's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 9 report not discharging.
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: © Northumbrian Water 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 in County Durham, England
Copley is a village of roughly 400 inhabitants in County Durham, England. It is situated 9 miles west of Bishop Auckland, and 6 miles from Barnard Castle. It has a rural setting close to the North Pennines area. The lower part of the village by the River Gaunless still retains the original Copley Chimney and some of the buildings from the old Gaunless Valley Lead Mill.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
10.9mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Copley.
October so far: 64.5mm vs 83.5mm October average — 23% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Copley is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Copley's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Copley, against a full-month average of 21.5 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,074 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 798 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 586 mm.
24 Sep 2012: 60.0 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 67.4 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 Copley's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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