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How much rain fell in Doncaster, South Yorkshire? 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 Doncaster (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 | November | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Armthorpe nr Armthorpe | 5.7km | 0.0mm | 0.8mm | 0.8mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr South Elmsall nr South Elmsall | 11.9km | 0.0mm | 2.2mm | 2.3mm | 0.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Maltby nr Maltby | 13.4km | 0.0mm | 0.4mm | 0.6mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 11 Oct–9 Nov. Wettest day: 17.8mm.
2 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this November at Rainfall gauge nr Armthorpe, against a full-month average of 17.6 rain days (based on 25 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 461 mm (1 Jan to 9 Nov), against 547 mm by the same date in an average year (2002–2025) — 16% 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 (916 mm). Driest: 2011 (451 mm). Average: 652 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.
Doncaster gets about 608 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 63 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), 0.8 km from the centre of Doncaster. 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: Doncaster, 1.0 km away: 0.24 m Rising ▲.
Every gauge on the River Don →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Doncaster.
23 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Doncaster. None of the 20 with a live status is discharging right now, and 3 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: © Yorkshire Water storm overflow activity data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Live status: © Severn Trent 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.
City in South Yorkshire, England
Doncaster is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the City of Doncaster metropolitan borough, and is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Noted for its racing and railway history, it is situated in the Don Valley on the western edge of the Humberhead Levels and east of the Pennines. It had a population of 87,455 at the 2021 census, whilst its built-up area had a population of 160,220, and the wider metropolitan borough had a population of 308,100.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (9 Nov 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Doncaster.
November so far: 1.2mm vs 62.9mm November average — 98% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 10 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Armthorpe is the nearest rain gauge, 5.7km from the centre of Doncaster. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
2 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this November at Rainfall gauge nr Armthorpe, against a full-month average of 17.6 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2002, with 916 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 652 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 451 mm.
30 Jun 2003: 62.1 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 64.2 mm at one of them. Records since 19 Feb 2001.
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 Doncaster — local rainfall can vary over short distances. The centre of Doncaster is the Ordnance Survey Open Names point for the city or town. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (OGL v3.0).
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