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How much rain fell in Orton, Westmorland and Furness? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 17.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Orton, heaviest in the hour to Mon 13:00 (5.5mm).
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 Shap nr Shap | 5.5km | 57.2mm | 83.7mm | 206.3mm | 21.7mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Hoff nr Hoff | 10.9km | 21.4mm | 32.2mm | 76.6mm | 9.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Garnett Bridge nr Garnett Bridge | 11.0km | 32.5mm | 49.4mm | 165.9mm | 19.6mm |
Daily totals 25 Sep–24 Oct. Wettest day: 41.4mm.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Shap, against a full-month average of 22.8 rain days (based on 7 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,220 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 1,329 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 8% 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: 2020 (2,491 mm). Driest: 2001 (1,107 mm). Average: 1,811 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.
Orton gets about 1,957 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 248 mm; driest April, 97 mm). That is wetter 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 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 Orton's monitored area.
5 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Orton's monitored area. 2 are discharging now, 3 report not discharging.
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: © United Utilities 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.
Village and civil parish in Cumbria, England
Orton is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. It lies 15 miles (24 km) south of Penrith, 8 miles (13 km) from Appleby-in-Westmorland and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the M6 motorway. The village is in the upper Lune Valley, at the foot of Orton Scar in the Orton Fells. The Lake District is nearby. The parish includes a wide area outside the village, and had a population of 594 in 2001, decreasing to 588 at the 2011 Census. Until 1974 it was in Westmorland, from 1974 to 2023 it was in Eden district.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
41.4mm of rain fell yesterday (24 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Orton.
October so far: 179.1mm vs 203.7mm October average — 12% 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 Shap is the nearest rain gauge, 5.5km from the centre of Orton's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Shap, against a full-month average of 22.8 rain days.
2020 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 2,491 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,811 mm a year. The driest was 2001, with 1,107 mm.
5 Dec 2015: 146.8 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 191.8 mm at one of them, during Storm Desmond. 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 Orton's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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