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How much rain fell in Mealsgate, Cumberland? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 4.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Mealsgate, heaviest in the hour to Tue 00:00 (1.5mm).
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 Mealsgate | 0.0km | 9.8mm | 63.9mm | 158.4mm | 3.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Sunderland nr Sunderland | 7.4km | 10.9mm | 60.5mm | 156.7mm | 2.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Abbeytown nr Abbeytown | 11.7km | 9.4mm | 56.0mm | 118.2mm | 4.7mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 29.5mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Mealsgate, against a full-month average of 22.1 rain days (based on 25 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 826 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 851 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
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 (1,459 mm). Driest: 2003 (769 mm). Average: 1,118 mm a year.
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.
Mealsgate gets about 1,100 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 122 mm; driest April, 58 mm). That is close to 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 Storm overflow Discharging now
Nearest gauge on it: Ouse Bridge, 9.3 km away: 1.92 m Falling ▼.
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 Mealsgate's monitored area.
10 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Mealsgate's monitored area. 2 are discharging now, 6 report not discharging, 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. Annual spill figures: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring return, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, Open Government Licence (OGL) v3.0.
Village in Cumbria, England
Mealsgate is a village in Cumbria, England, historically within Cumberland.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
11.4mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Mealsgate.
October so far: 148.8mm vs 123.1mm October average — 21% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Mealsgate is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Mealsgate's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Mealsgate, against a full-month average of 22.1 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,459 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,118 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 769 mm.
22 May 2024: 82.3 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 105.2 mm at one of them. 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 Mealsgate's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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