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How much rain fell in Lofthouse, North Yorkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals from the nearest Environment Agency rain gauges, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: little or no rain forecast for the area around Lofthouse (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.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Appletreewick nr Appletreewick | 12.6km | 7.6mm | 46.6mm | 99.0mm | 8.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Hesleden nr Hesleden | 16.5km | 21.4mm | 74.2mm | 183.0mm | 17.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr High Grantley nr High Grantley | 17.0km | 9.8mm | 67.4mm | 100.7mm | 4.1mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 21.2mm.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Appletreewick, against a full-month average of 22.2 rain days (based on 26 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 773 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 937 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — 18% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the local rain gauge: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (1,623 mm). Driest: 2003 (863 mm). Average: 1,224 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the local rain gauge, for UTC days. 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.
Lofthouse gets about 1,469 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 176 mm; driest May, 86 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), 1.4 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Lofthouse's monitored area.
Village in North Yorkshire, England
Lofthouse is a small village in Nidderdale in the county of North Yorkshire, England about a mile south of Middlesmoor. It is the principal settlement in the civil parish of Fountains Earth.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
7.6mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from Rainfall gauge nr Appletreewick, the nearest reporting rain gauge to Lofthouse (12.6km away).
October so far: 99.0mm vs 126.5mm October average — 22% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are from Rainfall gauge nr Appletreewick.
Rainfall gauge nr Appletreewick is the nearest rain gauge, 12.6km from the centre of Lofthouse'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 Appletreewick, against a full-month average of 22.2 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 1,623 mm from the local rain gauge, against an average of 1,224 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 863 mm.
25 Dec 2015: 79.4 mm at the local rain gauge. Records since 3 Feb 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 Lofthouse's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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