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How much rain fell in Hexham, Northumberland? 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 Hexham (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated Mon 23:05 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 Hexham | 0.0km | 2.4mm | 55.1mm | 95.9mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Wall nr Wall | 7.3km | 4.4mm | 32.8mm | 59.6mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Matfen nr Matfen | 14.6km | 4.0mm | 31.8mm | 60.2mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 18.5mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Hexham, against a full-month average of 21.9 rain days (based on 10 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 492 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 601 mm by the same date in an average year (2008–2025) — 18% 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: 2012 (1,008 mm). Driest: 2025 (587 mm). Average: 764 mm a year.
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.
Hexham gets about 809 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 83 mm; driest May, 52 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), 2.3 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
Nearest gauge on it: Hexham, 4.5 km away: 31.43 mAOD Steady.
Every gauge on the River 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 Hexham's monitored area.
15 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Hexham's monitored area. None of the 15 with a live status is discharging right now.
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 and civil parish in Northumberland, England
Hexham is a market town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the south bank of the River Tyne, formed by the confluence of the North Tyne and the South Tyne at Warden nearby, and close to Hadrian's Wall. Hexham was the administrative centre for the Tynedale district from 1974 to 2009. In 2011, it had a population of 13,097.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.6mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Hexham.
October so far: 71.9mm vs 79.1mm October average — 9% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Hexham is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Hexham'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 Hexham, against a full-month average of 21.9 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2008, with 1,008 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 764 mm a year. The driest was 2025, with 587 mm.
5 Sep 2008: 52.7 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 55.2 mm at one of them. Records since 5 Dec 2007.
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 Hexham's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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