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How much rain fell in Longtown, Cumberland? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency and SEPA rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: little or no rain forecast for the area around Longtown (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 Longtown | 0.0km | 6.9mm | 43.0mm | 125.8mm | 5.9mm |
| Canonbie Raingauge nr Canonbie | 8.8km | 5.4mm | 42.0mm | 125.6mm | 5.6mm |
| Solwaybank nr Wallacehall | 10.5km | 5.8mm | 50.2mm | 127.8mm | 6.4mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 21.7mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Longtown, against a full-month average of 21.4 rain days (based on 26 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 809 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 785 mm by the same date in an average year (2002–2025) — about average.
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: 2020 (1,258 mm). Driest: 2003 (624 mm). Average: 1,004 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
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.
Longtown gets about 930 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 97 mm; driest April, 56 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), 1.7 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Longtown's monitored area.
6 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Longtown's monitored area. None of the 4 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: © United Utilities storm overflow activity data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Live status: © Scottish Water, near-real-time Overflow Map data, open licence for reuse. EDM monitors indicate overflows; they do not confirm them, and this is not advice on water quality. Annual spill figures: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring return, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, Open Government Licence (OGL) v3.0.
Town in Cumbria, England
Longtown is a market town in Cumbria, but in the historic county of Cumberland, England, just south of the Scottish Border. It has a sheep market which was at the centre of the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth crisis. Just south-west of Longtown is Arthuret Church, dedicated to Saint Michael and All Angels. In 2021 it had a population of 2,175.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
7.2mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Longtown.
October so far: 120.9mm vs 103.6mm October average — 17% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Longtown is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Longtown's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Longtown, against a full-month average of 21.4 rain days.
2020 was the wettest year in the record since 2002, with 1,258 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,004 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 624 mm.
11 Oct 2005: 83.0 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 88.8 mm at one of them. Records since 1 Jan 2000.
Rainfall data: Environment Agency and SEPA 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 Longtown's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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