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How much rain fell in East Cowton, North 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 East Cowton (under 0.2mm).
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 East Cowton | 0.0km | 1.0mm | 22.8mm | 54.6mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr East Harlsey nr East Harlsey | 8.8km | 2.6mm | 17.8mm | 53.5mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Romanby nr Romanby | 10.7km | 2.4mm | 23.0mm | 57.0mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 10.5mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr East Cowton, against a full-month average of 19.2 rain days (based on 20 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 456 mm (1 Jan to 27 Oct), against 552 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 17% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 6 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2000 (1,075 mm). Driest: 2001 (526 mm). Average: 695 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 6 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.
East Cowton gets about 654 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 66 mm; driest March, 40 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), 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 Storm overflow
Nearest gauge on it: Hurworth, 7.3 km away: 0.70 m Falling ▼.
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 East Cowton's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of East Cowton's monitored area. None of the 2 with a live status is discharging right now.
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.
Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England
East Cowton is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is 7 miles (11 km) north west of the county town of Northallerton.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
2.2mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of East Cowton.
October so far: 60.0mm vs 68.9mm October average — 13% drier. Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr East Cowton is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of East Cowton'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 East Cowton, against a full-month average of 19.2 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,075 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 695 mm a year. The driest was 2001, with 526 mm.
24 Sep 2012: 74.2 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 104.0 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 East Cowton's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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