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How much rain fell in Cotherstone, County Durham? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.7mm of rain forecast for the area around Cotherstone, heaviest in the hour to Wed 08:00 (0.5mm).
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 Cotherstone | 0.0km | 4.3mm | 53.2mm | 78.4mm | 3.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Copley nr Copley | 10.2km | 4.0mm | 43.8mm | 62.6mm | 0.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Bowes nr Bowes | 11.9km | 1.8mm | 32.6mm | 76.8mm | 5.4mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 14.2mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Cotherstone, against a full-month average of 21.4 rain days (based on 23 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 670 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 716 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 6% drier.
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 (1,218 mm). Driest: 2003 (662 mm). Average: 920 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.
Cotherstone gets about 841 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 94 mm; driest May, 50 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), 1.7 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
Nearest gauge on it: Barnard Castle, 4.0 km away: 0.67 m Falling slightly ▼.
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 Cotherstone's monitored area.
15 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Cotherstone's monitored area. None of the 15 with a live status is discharging right 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: © 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
Cotherstone is a village and civil parish in the district and county of Durham, England, historically in Yorkshire. Cotherstone cheese is a celebrated delicacy of the village, famed since at least 1858.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.4mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Cotherstone.
October so far: 72.6mm vs 93.2mm October average — 22% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Cotherstone is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Cotherstone'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 Cotherstone, against a full-month average of 21.4 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,218 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 920 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 662 mm.
24 Sep 2012: 64.7 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 70.4 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 Cotherstone's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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