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How much rain fell in Morton Palms, Darlington? 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 Morton Palms (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 Morton Palms | 0.0km | 4.2mm | 28.8mm | 49.4mm | 3.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr East Cowton nr East Cowton | 11.9km | 1.6mm | 24.6mm | 53.6mm | 2.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Mordon nr Mordon | 12.1km | 5.2mm | 27.2mm | 45.4mm | 2.6mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 10.5mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Morton Palms, against a full-month average of 18.5 rain days (based on 26 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 396 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 519 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 24% 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 (956 mm). Driest: 2003 (541 mm). Average: 656 mm a year.
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.
Morton Palms gets about 611 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 62 mm; driest March, 37 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), 2.2 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: Hurworth, 4.7 km away: 0.67 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Tees →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Morton Palms's monitored area.
34 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Morton Palms's monitored area. None of the 33 with a live status is discharging right now, and 1 has 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: © Northumbrian 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.
Civil parish in County Durham, England
Morton Palms is a civil parish in the Darlington district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 32. The parish borders Barmpton, Great Burdon, Hurworth, Middleton St. George, Neasham and Sadberge.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.7mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Morton Palms.
October so far: 49.5mm vs 67.0mm October average — 26% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Morton Palms is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Morton Palms'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 Morton Palms, against a full-month average of 18.5 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 956 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 656 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 541 mm.
24 Sep 2012: 67.7 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 79.6 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 Morton Palms's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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