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How much rain fell in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear? 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 Newcastle upon Tyne (under 0.2mm).
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.
Chance of rain in Newcastle upon Tyne
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 40% chance of more than 1 mm, less than 5% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: 45% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Tue 27 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point under 1 km from Newcastle upon Tyne. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Newcastle upon Tyne | 1.7km | 4.6mm | 29.6mm | 43.6mm | 0.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Hazlerigg Village nr Hazlerigg Village | 4.7km | 6.2mm | 35.2mm | 58.4mm | 0.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Stamfordham nr Stamfordham | 14.4km | 4.6mm | 37.0mm | 73.8mm | 0.9mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 13.0mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Newcastle upon Tyne, against a full-month average of 18.9 rain days (based on 6 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 474 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 527 mm by the same date in an average year (2008–2025) — 10% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 4 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (1,004 mm). Driest: 2025 (531 mm). Average: 675 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 4 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.
Newcastle upon Tyne gets about 690 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 75 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), 0.7 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne's monitored area.
61 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 56 report not discharging, and 4 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: © 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.
City in Tyne & Wear, England
Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle, is a city and metropolitan borough, in Tyne and Wear, England. While the hyphenated form of the name, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, is seen sometimes, correct usage is generally unhyphenated.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
5.3mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Newcastle upon Tyne.
October so far: 56.5mm vs 80.5mm October average — 30% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Newcastle upon Tyne is the nearest rain gauge, 1.7km from the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne'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 Newcastle upon Tyne, against a full-month average of 18.9 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2008, with 1,004 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 675 mm a year. The driest was 2025, with 531 mm.
24 Sep 2012: 56.8 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 76.6 mm at one of them. Records since 1 May 2007.
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 Newcastle upon Tyne's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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