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How much rain fell in Middleton, North Yorkshire? 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 Middleton (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 Middleton | 0.0km | 2.9mm | 26.6mm | 62.0mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Nunnington nr Nunnington | 9.7km | 3.4mm | 24.8mm | 47.2mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Stape nr Stape | 11.6km | 6.0mm | 38.6mm | 83.7mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 9.7mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Middleton, against a full-month average of 18.6 rain days (based on 1 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 417 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 534 mm by the same date in an average year (2003–2025) — 22% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 3 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (942 mm). Driest: 2011 (534 mm). Average: 687 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 3 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.
Middleton gets about 687 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 72 mm; driest May, 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), 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
Nearest gauge on it: Low Marishes, 8.4 km away: 1.67 m Falling slightly ▼.
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 Middleton's monitored area.
13 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Middleton's monitored area. None of the 13 with a live status is discharging right now.
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.
4.1mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Middleton.
October so far: 64.3mm vs 82.4mm October average — 22% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Middleton is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Middleton'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 Middleton, against a full-month average of 18.6 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2003, with 942 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 687 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 534 mm.
1 Aug 2002: 65.1 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 67.0 mm at one of them. Records since 21 Sep 2001.
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 Middleton's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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