FloodRadar
Log inCreate free account
FloodRadar
Log inCreate free account
How much rain fell in High Newton, 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 3.6mm of rain forecast for the area around High Newton, heaviest in the hour to 13:00 (0.8mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 11:05 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 High Newton | 0.0km | 6.8mm | 68.5mm | 182.6mm | 6.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Levens nr Levens | 7.5km | 6.6mm | 47.8mm | 144.2mm | 5.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Cartmel Fell nr Cartmel Fell | 7.5km | 10.6mm | 87.5mm | 203.4mm | 4.6mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 29.3mm.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr High Newton, against a full-month average of 22.8 rain days (based on 24 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,175 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 1,165 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
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: 2023 (1,974 mm). Driest: 2001 (1,048 mm). Average: 1,541 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.
High Newton gets about 1,409 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 159 mm; driest April, 75 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), 2.7 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: Newby Bridge, 4.1 km away: 1.35 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Leven →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of High Newton's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of High Newton's monitored area. None of the 2 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: © United Utilities 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.
Village in Cumbria, England
High Newton is a village in the civil parish of Lindale and Newton-in-Cartmel, in the Westmorland and Furness Unitary Authority, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
8.0mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of High Newton.
October so far: 176.7mm vs 165.3mm October average — 7% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr High Newton is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of High Newton's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr High Newton, against a full-month average of 22.8 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,974 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,541 mm a year. The driest was 2001, with 1,048 mm.
24 Sep 2012: 75.2 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 77.8 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 High Newton's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
FloodRadar helper · beta
