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How much rain fell in Oxenhope, West Yorkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.1mm of rain forecast for the area around Oxenhope, heaviest in the hour to Tue 03:00 (1.3mm).
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 Oxenhope | 0.0km | 12.6mm | 71.9mm | 142.8mm | 4.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Calderdale nr Calderdale | 3.1km | 8.4mm | 63.1mm | 124.1mm | 4.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Stanbury nr Stanbury | 4.9km | 9.1mm | 54.4mm | 108.8mm | 3.8mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 21.2mm.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Oxenhope, against a full-month average of 22.4 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 935 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 956 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 8 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (1,702 mm). Driest: 2003 (883 mm). Average: 1,260 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 8 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.
Oxenhope gets about 1,353 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 158 mm; driest May, 76 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), 2.6 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: Cottingley Bridge, 7.8 km away: 0.89 m Rising ▲.
Every gauge on the River Aire →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Oxenhope's monitored area.
12 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Oxenhope's monitored area. None of the 10 with a live status is discharging right now, and 2 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: © Yorkshire 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.
Village in West Yorkshire, England
Oxenhope is a village and civil parish near Keighley in the metropolitan borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The population was 2,476 at the time of the 2001 census and had increased to 2,626 at the 2011 Census. Oxenhope railway station is the terminus for the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway heritage railway.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
7.7mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of Oxenhope.
October so far: 115.5mm vs 123.0mm October average — 6% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Oxenhope is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Oxenhope's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Oxenhope, against a full-month average of 22.4 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,702 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,260 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 883 mm.
25 Dec 2015: 79.2 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 84.4 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 Oxenhope's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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