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How much rain fell in Cottingham, Kingston upon Hull? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 4.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Cottingham, heaviest in the hour to Mon 13:00 (1.9mm).
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 Hull nr Hull | 6.8km | 13.0mm | 39.4mm | 78.9mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Tickton nr Tickton | 8.7km | 10.2mm | 16.4mm | 44.6mm | 0.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr South Ferriby nr South Ferriby | 15.0km | 10.2mm | 42.4mm | 72.2mm | 0.4mm |
Daily totals 25 Sep–24 Oct. Wettest day: 12.2mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Hull, against a full-month average of 17.7 rain days (based on 16 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 419 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 499 mm by the same date in an average year (2002–2025) — 16% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 4 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (840 mm). Driest: 2013 (459 mm). Average: 635 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 4 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.
Cottingham gets about 708 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 74 mm; driest February, 47 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), 2.8 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Cottingham's monitored area.
6 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Cottingham's monitored area. None of the 5 with a live status is discharging right now, and 1 has 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: © Yorkshire 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 and civil parish in England
Cottingham is a large village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies 4 miles (6 km) north-west of the centre of Kingston upon Hull, and 6 miles (10 km) south-east of Beverley on the eastern edge of the Yorkshire Wolds. It has two main shopping streets, Hallgate and King Street, which cross each other near the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, and a market square called Market Green. Cottingham had a population of 17,164 residents in 2011, making it larger by area and population than many towns. As a result, it is one of the villages claiming to be the largest village in England.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
12.2mm of rain fell yesterday (24 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Cottingham.
October so far: 54.6mm vs 68.0mm October average — 20% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 25 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Hull is the nearest rain gauge, 6.8km from the centre of Cottingham's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Hull, against a full-month average of 17.7 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2002, with 840 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 635 mm a year. The driest was 2013, with 459 mm.
14 Jun 2007: 60.2 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 64.6 mm at one of them, during 2007 UK floods. Records since 12 Apr 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 Cottingham's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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