How much rain fell in Ennerdale and Kinniside, Cumberland? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 6.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Ennerdale and Kinniside, heaviest in the hour to Mon 13:00 (2.1mm).
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 Borrowdale nr Borrowdale | 6.1km | 72.8mm | 149.4mm | 516.2mm | 35.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Seatoller nr Seatoller | 7.3km | 56.0mm | 132.6mm | – | 25.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ennerdale Bridge nr Ennerdale Bridge | 8.2km | 32.0mm | 77.4mm | 244.4mm | 8.9mm |
Daily totals 25 Sep–24 Oct. Wettest day: 44.3mm.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Borrowdale, against a full-month average of 24.4 rain days (based on 3 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 2,049 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 2,097 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 7 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2015 (3,472 mm). Driest: 2001 (2,052 mm). Average: 2,835 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 7 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.
Ennerdale and Kinniside gets about 3,172 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 364 mm; driest April, 167 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), 1.8 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: Bleach Green Weir, 8.1 km away: 0.98 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Ehen →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Ennerdale and Kinniside's monitored area.
Civil parish in Cumbria, England
Ennerdale and Kinniside is a civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. At the 2011 census it had a population of 220.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
43.2mm of rain fell yesterday (24 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Ennerdale and Kinniside.
October so far: 309.9mm vs 282.0mm October average — 10% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 25 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Borrowdale is the nearest rain gauge, 6.1km from the centre of Ennerdale and Kinniside'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 Borrowdale, against a full-month average of 24.4 rain days.
2015 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 3,472 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 2,835 mm a year. The driest was 2001, with 2,052 mm.
25 Oct 2008: 131.8 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 188.2 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 Ennerdale and Kinniside's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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