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How much rain fell in Darlington, Darlington? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 5.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Darlington, heaviest in the hour to 20:00 (2.3mm).
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 Morton Palms nr Morton Palms | 0.0km | 12.4mm | 18.8mm | 40.2mm | 4.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr East Cowton nr East Cowton | 11.9km | 9.2mm | 15.2mm | 46.2mm | 4.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Mordon nr Mordon | 12.1km | 10.0mm | 16.2mm | 34.0mm | 2.4mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 10.5mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Morton Palms, against a full-month average of 18.5 rain days (based on 26 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 386 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 514 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 25% 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 (956 mm). Driest: 2003 (541 mm). Average: 656 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.
Darlington gets about 611 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 62 mm; driest March, 37 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
Nearest gauge on it: Hurworth, 4.7 km away: 0.72 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 Darlington's monitored area.
34 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Darlington's monitored area. None of the 32 with a live status is discharging right now, and 2 have 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: © 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.
Town in County Durham, England
Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. It lies on the River Skerne, 13 miles (21 km) west of Middlesbrough and 17 miles (27 km) south of Durham. Darlington had a population of 107,800 in the 2021 Census, making it a "large town" and one of the largest settlements in North East England. The town is linked to London, Leeds, York, Newcastle and Edinburgh by the East Coast Main Line railway and the A1(M) motorway.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
10.5mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Darlington.
October so far: 40.1mm vs 67.0mm October average — 40% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Morton Palms is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Darlington's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Morton Palms, against a full-month average of 18.5 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 956 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 656 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 541 mm.
24 Sep 2012: 67.7 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 79.6 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 Darlington's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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