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How much rain fell in Kirkwhelpington, Northumberland? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 6.3mm of rain forecast for the area around Kirkwhelpington, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (4.7mm).
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 Wallington nr Wallington | 0.0km | 16.2mm | 31.2mm | 57.4mm | 5.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Hollinghill nr Hollinghill | 8.5km | 17.4mm | 36.8mm | 68.5mm | 7.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Nunnykirk nr Nunnykirk | 9.4km | 19.0mm | 29.4mm | 56.0mm | 7.0mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 16.5mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Wallington, against a full-month average of 22.0 rain days (based on 18 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 548 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 633 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — 13% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 4 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (1,089 mm). Driest: 2003 (616 mm). Average: 817 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 4 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.
Kirkwhelpington gets about 840 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 92 mm; driest May, 53 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), 2.2 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 Discharging now
Nearest gauge on it: Middleton Bridge, 1.7 km away: 0.07 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Wansbeck →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Kirkwhelpington's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Kirkwhelpington's monitored area. 1 is discharging 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.
Village in Northumberland, England
Kirkwhelpington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Northumberland about 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Hexham. It is on the River Wansbeck alongside the A696 trunk road between Otterburn and Ponteland.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
16.5mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Kirkwhelpington.
October so far: 58.1mm vs 87.5mm October average — 34% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Wallington is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Kirkwhelpington's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Wallington, against a full-month average of 22.0 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 1,089 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 817 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 616 mm.
5 Sep 2008: 63.2 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 72.6 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 Kirkwhelpington's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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