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How much rain fell in Forest and Frith, County Durham? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.8mm of rain forecast for the area around Forest and Frith, heaviest in the hour to 16:00 (0.7mm).
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 Forest and Frith | 1.8km | 5.2mm | 35.4mm | 85.4mm | 5.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Wearhead nr Wearhead | 9.0km | 12.1mm | 57.0mm | 104.6mm | 3.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Alston Moor nr Alston Moor | 10.7km | 18.4mm | 70.1mm | 172.2mm | 4.8mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 17.6mm.
23 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Forest and Frith, against a full-month average of 25.8 rain days (based on 24 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 879 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 1,034 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 15% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 3 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2000 (1,722 mm). Driest: 2010 (1,020 mm). Average: 1,385 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 3 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.
Forest and Frith gets about 1,528 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 194 mm; driest May, 83 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), 1.9 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Forest and Frith's monitored area.
Civil parish in County Durham, England
Forest and Frith is a civil parish in the County Durham unitary authority, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. In the 2011 census it had a population of 163.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
11.9mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Forest and Frith.
October so far: 120.7mm vs 141.8mm October average — 15% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Forest and Frith is the nearest rain gauge, 1.8km from the centre of Forest and Frith's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
23 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Forest and Frith, against a full-month average of 25.8 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,722 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,385 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 1,020 mm.
7 Jan 2005: 70.5 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 106.4 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 Forest and Frith's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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