How much rain fell in Nunnykirk, Northumberland? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Nunnykirk, heaviest in the hour to Wed 06:00 (0.6mm).
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.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Nunnykirk | 0.0km | 1.8mm | 46.4mm | 70.6mm | 2.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Rothbury nr Rothbury | 8.3km | 1.7mm | 40.9mm | 61.0mm | 0.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Hollinghill nr Hollinghill | 8.4km | 1.7mm | 49.3mm | 81.1mm | 0.8mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 18.0mm.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Nunnykirk, against a full-month average of 21.4 rain days (based on 15 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 581 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 648 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — 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 (1,103 mm). Driest: 2003 (616 mm). Average: 833 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.
Nunnykirk gets about 856 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 92 mm; driest May, 56 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), 2.7 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
Nearest gauge on it: Rothbury, 8.0 km away: 0.51 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Coquet →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Nunnykirk's monitored area.
Civil parish in Northumberland, England
Nunnykirk is a settlement and civil parish in the county of Northumberland, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 160.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.8mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Nunnykirk.
October so far: 70.7mm vs 91.5mm October average — 23% 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 Nunnykirk is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Nunnykirk's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Nunnykirk, against a full-month average of 21.4 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 1,103 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 833 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 616 mm.
5 Sep 2008: 67.5 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 72.6 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 Nunnykirk's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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