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How much rain fell in Evenwood and Barony, County Durham? 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 Evenwood and Barony (under 0.2mm).
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 Evenwood and Barony | 0.0km | 1.2mm | 37.8mm | 59.9mm | 0.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Copley nr Copley | 8.5km | 0.8mm | 37.6mm | 63.6mm | 1.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Cotherstone nr Cotherstone | 16.6km | 3.5mm | 50.5mm | 81.2mm | 2.8mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 14.2mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Evenwood and Barony, against a full-month average of 19.2 rain days (based on 25 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 568 mm (1 Jan to 27 Oct), against 623 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2023) — 9% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 2 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (1,046 mm). Driest: 2011 (644 mm). Average: 789 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 2 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.
Evenwood and Barony gets about 705 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 72 mm; driest May, 45 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), 1.6 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: Witton Park, 6.9 km away: 0.46 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 Evenwood and Barony's monitored area.
26 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Evenwood and Barony's monitored area. None of the 26 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: © 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.
1.0mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Evenwood and Barony.
October so far: 61.8mm vs 81.2mm October average — 24% drier. Figures are the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Evenwood and Barony is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Evenwood and Barony's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Evenwood and Barony, against a full-month average of 19.2 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,046 mm from the average of 2 local rain gauges, against an average of 789 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 644 mm.
3 Jun 2000: 62.2 mm on average across 2 local rain gauges. 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 Evenwood and Barony's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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