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How much rain fell in Matfen, Northumberland? 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 Matfen (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated Mon 23:05 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 Matfen | 0.0km | 4.0mm | 31.8mm | 60.2mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Stamfordham nr Stamfordham | 5.8km | 4.6mm | 37.0mm | 72.9mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Wall nr Wall | 7.8km | 4.4mm | 32.8mm | 59.6mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 17.4mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Matfen, against a full-month average of 21.2 rain days (based on 6 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 501 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 599 mm by the same date in an average year (2003–2025) — 16% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 5 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (1,018 mm). Driest: 2003 (558 mm). Average: 756 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 5 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.
Matfen gets about 761 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 77 mm; driest March, 50 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), 1.5 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: Corbridge, 7.4 km away: 0.69 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Tyne →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Matfen's monitored area.
Village in Northumberland, England
Matfen is a village and a civil parish in Northumberland, England, near the town of Hexham and the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is an example of a 19th-century planned estate village. It was the birthplace of the 7th Premier of British Columbia, William Smithe. In 2001 it had a population of 495.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.5mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Matfen.
October so far: 71.5mm vs 84.4mm October average — 15% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Matfen is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Matfen'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 Matfen, against a full-month average of 21.2 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2003, with 1,018 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 756 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 558 mm.
5 Sep 2008: 55.4 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 60.8 mm at one of them. Records since 13 Feb 2002.
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 Matfen's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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