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How much rain fell in Dockray, 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 7.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Dockray, heaviest in the hour to Wed 04:00 (1.6mm).
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 Dockray | 0.0km | 9.4mm | 120.4mm | 279.3mm | 29.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Patterdale nr Patterdale | 5.4km | 16.3mm | 166.8mm | 397.8mm | 30.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Penruddock nr Penruddock | 5.8km | 3.3mm | 100.4mm | 206.8mm | 12.9mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 38.9mm.
27 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Dockray, against a full-month average of 23.6 rain days (based on 3 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,588 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 1,465 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 8% wetter.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 8 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2015 (2,624 mm). Driest: 2001 (1,356 mm). Average: 2,000 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 8 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.
Dockray gets about 2,035 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 260 mm; driest April, 107 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), 1.1 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
Nearest gauge on it: Pooley Bridge, 8.9 km away: 0.97 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Eamont →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Dockray's monitored area.
Hamlet in England
Dockray is a village in the civil parish of Matterdale, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. In the 2011 census, the parish had 483 residents, roughly an 8% decrease from 526 residents in 2001. Dockray lies approximately eight miles south west of Penrith, and is accessible from the A5091 road.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
9.0mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 11 rain gauges within 15km of Dockray.
October so far: 264.6mm vs 203.1mm October average — 30% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 11 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Dockray is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Dockray's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
27 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Dockray, against a full-month average of 23.6 rain days.
2015 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 2,624 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 2,000 mm a year. The driest was 2001, with 1,356 mm.
19 Nov 2009: 103.9 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 153.4 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 Dockray's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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