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How much rain fell in Greystead, Northumberland? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.9mm of rain forecast for the area around Greystead, heaviest in the hour to 20:00 (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 Greystead (south-west) | 4.3km | 15.0mm | 63.4mm | 139.4mm | 6.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Greystead (north-east) | 4.4km | 14.0mm | 46.8mm | 90.8mm | 3.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Kingwater nr Kingwater | 13.2km | 9.0mm | 58.5mm | 131.3mm | 6.0mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 16.5mm.
22 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Greystead (south-west), against a full-month average of 26.3 rain days (based on 24 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 871 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 990 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 12% 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: 2015 (1,561 mm). Driest: 2003 (840 mm). Average: 1,271 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.
Greystead gets about 1,242 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month January, 144 mm; driest May, 70 mm). That is close to 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), 2.0 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
Nearest gauge on it: Falstone, 6.6 km away: 0.55 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River North Tyne →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Greystead's monitored area.
Village in Northumberland, England
Greystead is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England west of Bellingham. The population as of the 2011 census was less than 100. It shares a parish council with the adjacent civil parish of Tarset.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
12.7mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Greystead.
October so far: 120.5mm vs 129.3mm October average — 7% 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 Greystead (south-west) is the nearest rain gauge, 4.3km from the centre of Greystead'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 Greystead (south-west), against a full-month average of 26.3 rain days.
2015 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,561 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,271 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 840 mm.
5 Dec 2015: 73.7 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 83.8 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 Greystead's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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