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How much rain fell in Hawes, 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 0.3mm of rain forecast for the area around Hawes, heaviest in the hour to Tue 01:00 (0.3mm).
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 Hawes | 5.5km | 13.2mm | 48.9mm | 130.1mm | 8.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Sedbusk nr Sedbusk | 7.9km | 15.6mm | 57.2mm | 120.4mm | 7.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ingleton nr Ingleton | 11.4km | 14.2mm | 63.4mm | 179.7mm | 15.5mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 27.5mm.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Hawes, against a full-month average of 22.3 rain days (based on 22 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,093 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 1,264 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 14% 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.
Hawes gets about 1,897 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 234 mm; driest April, 98 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), 2.4 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Hawes's monitored area.
Market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England
Hawes is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, situated at the head of Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales, and historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire. The parish had a population of 1,137 according to the 2011 census.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
17.2mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Hawes.
October so far: 144.6mm vs 164.1mm October average — 12% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Hawes is the nearest rain gauge, 5.5km from the centre of Hawes'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 Hawes, against a full-month average of 22.3 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 Hawes's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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