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How much rain fell in Gayle, North Yorkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 11.8mm of rain forecast for the area around Gayle, heaviest in the hour to Mon 14:00 (3.7mm).
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 Sedbusk nr Sedbusk | 0.1km | 23.6mm | 39.4mm | 110.8mm | 15.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Muker nr Muker | 8.6km | 24.2mm | 39.8mm | 108.0mm | 21.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Buckden nr Buckden | 10.7km | 13.6mm | 27.8mm | 132.0mm | 21.8mm |
Daily totals 25 Sep–24 Oct. Wettest day: 21.4mm.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Sedbusk, against a full-month average of 22.4 rain days (based on 22 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,069 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 1,255 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 15% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 5 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2000 (2,412 mm). Driest: 2001 (1,167 mm). Average: 1,688 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 5 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.
Gayle gets about 1,622 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 198 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), 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Gayle's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Gayle's monitored area. None of the 2 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: © Yorkshire 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.
Hamlet in North Yorkshire, England
Gayle is a hamlet 0.4-mile (0.64 km) south of Hawes in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England. It is noted for the beck that flows through it and the old mill, which featured on the BBC TV programme Restoration.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
21.4mm of rain fell yesterday (24 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Gayle.
October so far: 127.0mm vs 164.1mm October average — 23% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 25 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Sedbusk is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Gayle'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 Sedbusk, against a full-month average of 22.4 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 2,412 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,688 mm a year. The driest was 2001, with 1,167 mm.
7 Jan 2005: 91.4 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 104.6 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 Gayle's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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