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How much rain fell in North Shields, Tyne and Wear? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 3.5mm of rain forecast for the area around North Shields, heaviest in the hour to Mon 12:00 (1.1mm).
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 Whitley Bay nr Whitley Bay | 6.3km | 5.0mm | 21.8mm | 43.5mm | 0.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Sunderland nr Sunderland | 8.0km | 3.8mm | 21.2mm | 42.4mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Hazlerigg Village nr Hazlerigg Village | 9.8km | 4.1mm | 28.0mm | 51.7mm | 1.2mm |
Daily totals 25 Sep–24 Oct. Wettest day: 12.1mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Whitley Bay, against a full-month average of 17.2 rain days (based on 8 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 432 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 516 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — 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 (994 mm). Driest: 2025 (499 mm). Average: 655 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.
North Shields gets about 666 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 74 mm; driest March, 40 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), 1.3 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 North Shields's monitored area.
85 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of North Shields's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 80 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.
Town in Tyne and Wear, England
North Shields is a town in the borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It is 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Newcastle upon Tyne and borders nearby Wallsend and Tynemouth. The population of North Shields at the 2021 census was 6,137.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
5.0mm of rain fell yesterday (24 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of North Shields.
October so far: 44.6mm vs 71.7mm October average — 38% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 25 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Whitley Bay is the nearest rain gauge, 6.3km from the centre of North Shields'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 Whitley Bay, against a full-month average of 17.2 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 994 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 655 mm a year. The driest was 2025, with 499 mm.
24 Sep 2012: 58.4 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 76.6 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 North Shields's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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