How much rain fell in Ennerdale Bridge, Cumberland? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 8.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Ennerdale Bridge, heaviest in the hour to Tue 00:00 (3.0mm).
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 Ennerdale Bridge | 0.0km | 8.9mm | 86.3mm | 252.0mm | 7.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Moor Row nr Moor Row | 8.3km | 11.2mm | 86.7mm | 204.7mm | 6.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr St Bees nr St Bees | 9.5km | 5.8mm | 85.4mm | 196.4mm | 8.5mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 42.2mm.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Ennerdale Bridge, against a full-month average of 23.0 rain days (based on 3 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,607 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 1,469 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 9% wetter.
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: 2020 (2,259 mm). Driest: 2001 (1,441 mm). Average: 1,963 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 Bridge gets about 1,638 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 184 mm; driest April, 87 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 Storm overflow
Nearest gauge on it: Bleach Green Weir, 0.1 km away: 0.77 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 Bridge's monitored area.
5 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Ennerdale Bridge's monitored area. None of the 5 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: © United Utilities 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.
Hamlet in Cumbria, England
Ennerdale Bridge is a hamlet in the county of Cumbria, England. It is in the civil parish of Ennerdale and Kinniside. It had a total population taken at the 2011 census of 220.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
14.3mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Ennerdale Bridge.
October so far: 271.3mm vs 206.0mm October average — 32% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Ennerdale Bridge is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Ennerdale Bridge's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Ennerdale Bridge, against a full-month average of 23.0 rain days.
2020 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 2,259 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,963 mm a year. The driest was 2001, with 1,441 mm.
3 Oct 2014: 89.4 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 126.6 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 Bridge's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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