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How much rain fell in Hesleden, North Yorkshire? 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 Hesleden (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.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Hesleden | 0.0km | 21.4mm | 74.2mm | 183.0mm | 17.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Buckden nr Buckden | 6.7km | 21.8mm | 76.4mm | 173.4mm | 14.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Settle nr Settle | 7.1km | 13.8mm | 65.7mm | 177.2mm | 10.2mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 30.6mm.
23 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Hesleden, against a full-month average of 23.5 rain days (based on 22 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,189 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 1,249 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 5% 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: 2015 (2,117 mm). Driest: 2001 (1,139 mm). Average: 1,664 mm a year.
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.
Hesleden gets about 1,761 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 220 mm; driest May, 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), 3.0 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Hesleden's monitored area.
Hamlet in North Yorkshire, England
Hesleden is a hamlet in Littondale in the Yorkshire Dales in England. It lies within the civil parish of Halton Gill in the county of North Yorkshire. Nether Hesleden is 1.1 miles (1.8 km) west of Litton, and Upper Hesleden is a further 1.4 miles (2.3 km) west, on the road from Halton Gill to Stainforth.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
14.8mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Hesleden.
October so far: 162.2mm vs 171.4mm October average — 5% 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 Hesleden is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Hesleden's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
23 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Hesleden, against a full-month average of 23.5 rain days.
2015 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 2,117 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,664 mm a year. The driest was 2001, with 1,139 mm.
7 Jan 2005: 75.1 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 95.8 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 Hesleden's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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