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How much rain fell in Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Driffield, heaviest in the hour to 14:00 (0.9mm).
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.
Chance of rain in Driffield
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 70% chance of more than 1 mm, 5% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: 85% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 04:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 1.0 km from Driffield. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Driffield | 0.0km | 0.6mm | 24.8mm | 46.2mm | 0.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Barmston nr Barmston | 13.2km | 0.0mm | 41.0mm | 67.4mm | 1.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ulrome nr Ulrome | 13.4km | 0.1mm | 72.6mm | 99.4mm | 1.0mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 24.0mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Driffield, against a full-month average of 17.3 rain days (based on 16 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 424 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 491 mm by the same date in an average year (2010–2025) — 14% 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 (824 mm). Driest: 2013 (464 mm). Average: 643 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.
Driffield gets about 682 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 67 mm; driest March, 44 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), 0.6 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: Wansford Snakeholm Lock, 4.0 km away: 0.39 m Steady.
Every gauge on the West Beck →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Driffield's monitored area.
5 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Driffield's monitored area. None of the 4 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.
Town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Driffield, also known as Great Driffield, is a market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The civil parish is formed by the town of Driffield and the village of Little Driffield. By road, it is 53 miles (85 km) north-east of Leeds, 29 miles (47 km) east of York and 23 miles (37 km) north of Hull.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.2mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Driffield.
October so far: 71.0mm vs 68.0mm October average — 4% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Driffield is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Driffield'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 Driffield, against a full-month average of 17.3 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2010, with 824 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 643 mm a year. The driest was 2013, with 464 mm.
20 Sep 2018: 51.1 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 57.6 mm at one of them, during Storm Bronagh. Records since 10 Jan 2009.
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 Driffield's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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