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How much rain fell in Leeds, West 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 Leeds (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.
Chance of rain in Leeds
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 70% chance of more than 1 mm, 10% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: 85% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point under 1 km from Leeds. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Harewood nr Harewood | 4.1km | 3.5mm | 46.6mm | 87.6mm | 3.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Leeds | 6.0km | 2.0mm | 44.4mm | 78.2mm | 3.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Pudsey nr Pudsey | 10.5km | 4.4mm | 39.4mm | 77.0mm | 3.6mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 14.8mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Harewood, against a full-month average of 19.1 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 575 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 625 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 8% 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 (1,052 mm). Driest: 2003 (523 mm). Average: 799 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
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.
Leeds gets about 719 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 71 mm; driest March, 47 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), 1.4 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 Storm overflow
Nearest gauge on it: Arthington, 7.3 km away: 1.12 m Rising ▲.
Every gauge on the River Wharfe →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Leeds's monitored area.
40 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Leeds's monitored area. None of the 38 with a live status is discharging right now, and 2 have no current status.
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: © Yorkshire 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.
City in West Yorkshire, England
Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. The city was a small manorial borough in the 13th century and a market town in the 16th century. Leeds expanded in the 17th and 18th centuries by becoming a major production and trading centre. It was awarded a city charter in 1893 by Queen Victoria.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.3mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Leeds.
October so far: 80.9mm vs 82.4mm October average — 2% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Harewood is the nearest rain gauge, 4.1km from the centre of Leeds'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 Harewood, against a full-month average of 19.1 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,052 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 799 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 523 mm.
14 Jun 2007: 77.4 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 78.2 mm at one of them, during 2007 UK floods. 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 Leeds's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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