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How much rain fell in Legburthwaite, Cumberland? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 7.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Legburthwaite, heaviest in the hour to Wed 04:00 (1.6mm).
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 Legburthwaite (south) | 1.0km | 13.2mm | 143.2mm | 317.0mm | 21.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Legburthwaite (north) | 1.0km | 9.6mm | 152.8mm | 320.2mm | 24.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Patterdale nr Patterdale | 5.2km | 16.3mm | 166.8mm | 398.9mm | 31.7mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 48.7mm.
22 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Legburthwaite (south), against a full-month average of 25.3 rain days (based on 3 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 2,143 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 2,097 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 8 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2015 (3,781 mm). Driest: 2001 (1,964 mm). Average: 2,866 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 8 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.
Legburthwaite gets about 2,719 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 349 mm; driest May, 140 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), 1.6 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: Portinscale, 8.1 km away: 1.43 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 Legburthwaite's monitored area.
Village in Cumbria, England
Legburthwaite is a village in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria. It is located on the A591 road and the B5322 road. Legburthwaite has a disused place of worship and formerly, a youth hostel. It is just north of Thirlmere.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
13.5mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 11 rain gauges within 15km of Legburthwaite.
October so far: 343.4mm vs 274.1mm October average — 25% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 11 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Legburthwaite (south) is the nearest rain gauge, 1.0km from the centre of Legburthwaite's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
22 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Legburthwaite (south), against a full-month average of 25.3 rain days.
2015 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 3,781 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 2,866 mm a year. The driest was 2001, with 1,964 mm.
5 Dec 2015: 150.0 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 188.4 mm at one of them, during Storm Desmond. 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 Legburthwaite's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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