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How much rain fell in Embsay, North Yorkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.5mm of rain forecast for the area around Embsay, heaviest in the hour to Wed 08:00 (1.0mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 17:05 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 Embsay | 0.0km | 8.0mm | 39.8mm | 89.7mm | 3.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Skipton nr Skipton | 4.5km | 8.6mm | 45.1mm | 110.2mm | 5.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Silsden nr Silsden | 8.2km | 7.7mm | 43.2mm | 101.7mm | 4.7mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 17.2mm.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Embsay, against a full-month average of 20.0 rain days (based on 3 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 658 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 818 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — 20% drier.
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: 2002 (1,422 mm). Driest: 2010 (794 mm). Average: 1,051 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.
Embsay gets about 1,103 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 122 mm; driest April, 64 mm). That is close to 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), 3.1 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: Snaygill, 5.2 km away: 2.07 m Falling ▼.
Every gauge on the River Aire →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Embsay's monitored area.
13 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Embsay's monitored area. None of the 12 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.
Village in North Yorkshire, England
Embsay is a village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is paired with the neighbouring hamlet of Eastby to form the civil parish of Embsay with Eastby. The parish population as of the 2011 census was 1,871.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
8.5mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Embsay.
October so far: 97.0mm vs 108.2mm October average — 10% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Embsay is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Embsay's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Embsay, against a full-month average of 20.0 rain days.
2002 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 1,422 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,051 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 794 mm.
25 Dec 2015: 76.3 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 79.4 mm at one of them. Records since 3 Feb 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 Embsay's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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