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How much rain fell in Lower Dunsforth, North Yorkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals from the nearest Environment Agency rain gauges, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.3mm of rain forecast for the area around Lower Dunsforth, heaviest in the hour to 14:00 (0.3mm).
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 Lower Dunsforth | 0.0km | 0.3mm | 29.9mm | 57.7mm | 2.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr York nr York | 18.7km | 0.7mm | 33.4mm | 76.7mm | 3.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr High Grantley nr High Grantley | 21.7km | 9.8mm | 67.4mm | 99.7mm | 3.1mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 10.3mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Lower Dunsforth, against a full-month average of 17.9 rain days (based on 26 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 450 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 531 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 15% 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 (956 mm). Driest: 2001 (544 mm). Average: 677 mm a year.
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.
Lower Dunsforth gets about 674 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 67 mm; driest March, 42 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), 2.0 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: Myton-On-Swale, 2.4 km away: 3.15 m Falling ▼.
Every gauge on the River Swale →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Lower Dunsforth's monitored area.
13 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Lower Dunsforth's monitored area. None of the 10 with a live status is discharging right now, and 3 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.
Village in North Yorkshire, England
Lower Dunsforth is a village in the civil parish of Dunsforths, in North Yorkshire, England. It was recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) as Doneforde/Dunesford/Dunesforde. St Mary's Church was rebuilt in the 1860s with a buttressed spire.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.3mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from Rainfall gauge nr Lower Dunsforth, the nearest reporting rain gauge to Lower Dunsforth (0.0km away).
October so far: 57.7mm vs 69.1mm October average — 16% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are from Rainfall gauge nr Lower Dunsforth.
Rainfall gauge nr Lower Dunsforth is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Lower Dunsforth's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Lower Dunsforth, against a full-month average of 17.9 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 956 mm from the local rain gauge, against an average of 677 mm a year. The driest was 2001, with 544 mm.
25 Dec 2015: 59.8 mm at the local rain gauge. 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 Lower Dunsforth's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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