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How much rain fell in Esh Winning, County Durham? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.3mm of rain forecast for the area around Esh Winning, heaviest in the hour to 16:00 (0.3mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 11:05 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 Esh Winning | 0.0km | 2.5mm | 54.2mm | 76.3mm | 3.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Stanley nr Stanley | 9.6km | 1.7mm | 38.8mm | 65.5mm | 3.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Consett nr Consett | 9.7km | 2.9mm | 48.9mm | 72.6mm | 2.7mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 22.6mm.
13 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Esh Winning, against a full-month average of 16.5 rain days (based on 4 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 481 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 635 mm by the same date in an average year (2004–2025) — 24% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 4 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (1,102 mm). Driest: 2017 (655 mm). Average: 815 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 4 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.
Esh Winning gets about 836 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 88 mm; driest May, 54 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), 2.5 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: Durham New Elvet Bridge, 7.5 km away: 0.36 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Wear →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Esh Winning's monitored area.
27 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Esh Winning's monitored area. None of the 26 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: © Northumbrian 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 County Durham, England
Esh Winning is a village, and location of a former colliery, in County Durham, England. It is situated in the Deerness Valley 5 miles (8 km) to the west of Durham.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.3mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Esh Winning.
October so far: 72.1mm vs 87.9mm October average — 18% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Esh Winning is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Esh Winning's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
13 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Esh Winning, against a full-month average of 16.5 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2004, with 1,102 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 815 mm a year. The driest was 2017, with 655 mm.
17 Jul 2009: 62.9 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 67.2 mm at one of them. Records since 1 May 2003.
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 Esh Winning's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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