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How much rain fell in Hartlepool, Hartlepool? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: little or no rain forecast for the area around Hartlepool (under 0.2mm).
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.
Chance of rain in Hartlepool
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 40% chance of more than 1 mm, less than 5% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: 65% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 1.4 km from Hartlepool. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Hartlepool | 0.0km | 1.0mm | 20.8mm | 41.8mm | 2.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Peterlee nr Peterlee | 11.2km | 1.0mm | 30.8mm | 51.0mm | 3.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Marske-by-the-Sea nr Marske-by-the-Sea | 15.5km | 3.8mm | 21.9mm | 51.6mm | 3.4mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 7.2mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Hartlepool, against a full-month average of 17.4 rain days (based on 25 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 398 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 514 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 23% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 2 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (878 mm). Driest: 2011 (484 mm). Average: 663 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 2 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.
Hartlepool gets about 607 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 66 mm; driest March, 36 mm). That is drier 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), 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 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 Hartlepool's monitored area.
17 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Hartlepool's monitored area. None of the 13 with a live status is discharging right now, and 4 have no current status.
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: © Northumbrian 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.
Town in County Durham, England
Hartlepool is an industrial port town in County Durham, England. It is governed by a unitary authority borough named after the town. The borough is part of the devolved Tees Valley area, approximately 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Newcastle upon Tyne, 17 miles (27 km) south of Sunderland, and 8 miles (13 km) north of Middlesbrough. The built-up area had a population of 87,984 at the 2021 Census.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.0mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Hartlepool.
October so far: 46.4mm vs 70.3mm October average — 34% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Hartlepool is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Hartlepool's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Hartlepool, against a full-month average of 17.4 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 878 mm from the average of 2 local rain gauges, against an average of 663 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 484 mm.
1 Aug 2002: 60.3 mm on average across 2 local rain gauges, and up to 73.8 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 Hartlepool's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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