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How much rain fell in Gunnerside, North Yorkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 7.7mm of rain forecast for the area around Gunnerside, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (7.5mm).
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 Muker nr Muker | 0.1km | 10.2mm | 15.6mm | 62.6mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Arkle Town nr Arkle Town | 8.5km | 11.4mm | 16.0mm | 46.0mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Sedbusk nr Sedbusk | 8.7km | 9.8mm | 15.8mm | 88.4mm | 16.6mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 11.7mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Muker, against a full-month average of 23.1 rain days (based on 22 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 809 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 904 mm by the same date in an average year (2003–2025) — 11% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 4 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2020 (1,565 mm). Driest: 2003 (704 mm). Average: 1,217 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 4 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.
Gunnerside gets about 1,462 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 186 mm; driest May, 80 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), 1.0 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: Bainbridge, 7.6 km away: 1.42 m Rising ▲.
Every gauge on the River Ure →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Gunnerside's monitored area.
Village in North Yorkshire, England
Gunnerside is a village in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated in Swaledale, on the B6270 road, 3 miles (5 km) east of Muker and 6 miles (10 km) west of Grinton. The village lies between the River Swale and its tributary, Gunnerside Beck, and is within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
11.7mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Gunnerside.
October so far: 65.2mm vs 119.1mm October average — 45% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Muker is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Gunnerside's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Muker, against a full-month average of 23.1 rain days.
2020 was the wettest year in the record since 2003, with 1,565 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,217 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 704 mm.
7 Jan 2005: 69.0 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 85.6 mm at one of them. Records since 12 Dec 2002.
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 Gunnerside's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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