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How much rain fell in Garnett Bridge, Westmorland and Furness? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 18.3mm of rain forecast for the area around Garnett Bridge, heaviest in the hour to Wed 05:00 (6.3mm).
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 Garnett Bridge | 0.0km | 17.4mm | 86.4mm | 202.0mm | 18.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr New Hutton nr New Hutton | 5.6km | 14.9mm | 74.3mm | 179.4mm | 11.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Kentmere nr Kentmere | 9.7km | 23.9mm | 132.1mm | 280.0mm | 15.7mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 37.9mm.
22 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Garnett Bridge, against a full-month average of 22.4 rain days (based on 6 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,304 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 1,292 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 (2,206 mm). Driest: 2010 (1,152 mm). Average: 1,722 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.
Garnett Bridge gets about 1,659 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 205 mm; driest April, 84 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), 0.8 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 Storm overflow Discharging now
Nearest gauge on it: Bowston, 3.5 km away: 0.58 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Kent →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Garnett Bridge's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Garnett Bridge's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 1 report not discharging.
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
Garnett Bridge is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, on the River Sprint. It is located three miles by foot southeast of Long Sleddale. It consists mainly of old mill cottages and Bobbin Mill and a quaint old bridge over the Sprint.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
16.8mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Garnett Bridge.
October so far: 214.0mm vs 199.8mm October average — 7% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Garnett Bridge is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Garnett Bridge's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
22 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Garnett Bridge, against a full-month average of 22.4 rain days.
2015 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 2,206 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,722 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 1,152 mm.
5 Dec 2015: 120.7 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 191.8 mm at one of them, during Storm Desmond. 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 Garnett Bridge's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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