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How much rain fell in Dunsop Bridge, Lancashire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 7.5mm of rain forecast for the area around Dunsop Bridge, heaviest in the hour to Wed 07:00 (3.4mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 05:05 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 Dunsop Bridge | 0.0km | 13.0mm | 94.6mm | 216.0mm | 5.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ribble Valley nr Ribble Valley | 6.8km | 10.9mm | 84.2mm | 188.5mm | 2.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Lancaster nr Lancaster | 8.8km | 6.1mm | 69.1mm | 176.5mm | 4.4mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 34.2mm.
24 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Dunsop Bridge, against a full-month average of 22.9 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,177 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 1,149 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 5 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2020 (1,973 mm). Driest: 2010 (1,098 mm). Average: 1,516 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 5 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.
Dunsop Bridge gets about 1,864 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 228 mm; driest April, 96 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), 2.3 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: Abbeystead Reservoir, 9.6 km away: 0.16 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Wyre →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Dunsop Bridge's monitored area.
Human settlement in England
Dunsop Bridge is a village in the civil parish of Bowland Forest High, in the borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, 9 miles (14 km) north-west of Clitheroe, 15 miles (24 km) south-east of Lancaster and 24.5 miles (39 km) west of Skipton. Historically, the village is part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, but was placed under the administration of Lancashire County Council on 1 April 1974.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
9.2mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Dunsop Bridge.
October so far: 179.0mm vs 163.6mm October average — 9% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Dunsop Bridge is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Dunsop Bridge's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
24 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Dunsop Bridge, against a full-month average of 22.9 rain days.
2020 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,973 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,516 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 1,098 mm.
31 Dec 2024: 80.0 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 105.0 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 Dunsop Bridge's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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