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How much rain fell in High Peak, Derbyshire? 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 High Peak, heaviest in the hour to Tue 02:00 (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 High Peak | 0.0km | 9.6mm | 58.8mm | 108.4mm | 11.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Sheffield nr Sheffield | 10.2km | 8.3mm | 79.9mm | 132.1mm | 5.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Barnsley nr Barnsley | 11.4km | 15.0mm | 70.0mm | 107.2mm | 4.8mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 22.5mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr High Peak, against a full-month average of 18.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 878 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 901 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 7 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2000 (1,507 mm). Driest: 2010 (853 mm). Average: 1,180 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 7 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 Peak gets about 1,317 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 156 mm; driest May, 76 mm). That is close to 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
Nearest gauge on it: Yorkshire Bridge, 5.3 km away: 0.30 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Derwent →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 Peak's monitored area.
Local government district in Derbyshire, England
High Peak is a local government district with borough status in Derbyshire, England, covering a high moorland plateau in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District National Park. The district stretches from Holme Moss in the north to Sterndale Moor in the south, and from Hague Bar in the west to Bamford in the east. The population of the borough taken at the 2011 Census was 90,892. The borough is unusual in having two administrative centres for its council, High Peak Borough Council; the offices are in Buxton and Glossop. Other towns include Chapel-en-le-Frith, Hadfield, New Mills and Whaley Bridge. Under current local government restructuring plans it is planned that the district will be abolished in 2028, with its area forming part of a new Derbyshire North unitary authority.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
8.3mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of High Peak.
October so far: 127.8mm vs 116.8mm October average — 9% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr High Peak is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of High Peak's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr High Peak, against a full-month average of 18.5 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,507 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,180 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 853 mm.
20 Sep 2018: 64.6 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 74.4 mm at one of them, during Storm Bronagh. 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 Peak's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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