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How much rain fell in Patterdale, 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 0.6mm of rain forecast for the area around Patterdale, heaviest in the hour to Tue 00:00 (0.3mm).
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 Patterdale (north-west) | 2.5km | 30.4mm | 150.9mm | 361.5mm | 10.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Patterdale (south-east) | 3.8km | 32.3mm | 133.7mm | 347.6mm | 20.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Legburthwaite nr Legburthwaite | 6.9km | 23.4mm | 130.2mm | 291.2mm | 8.6mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 49.6mm.
22 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Patterdale (north-west), against a full-month average of 20.3 rain days (based on 3 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,712 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 1,587 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 8% wetter.
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: 2015 (2,863 mm). Driest: 2001 (1,437 mm). Average: 2,183 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.
Patterdale gets about 2,467 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 317 mm; driest May, 128 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), 2.2 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Patterdale's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Patterdale's monitored area. The 1 with a live status is not discharging right now.
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
Patterdale is a small village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is in the eastern part of the Lake District, and the name is also used for the long valley in which the village sits, also called the Ullswater Valley. The parish had a population of 460 in 2001, increasing to 501 at the 2011 census.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
26.4mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 12 rain gauges within 15km of Patterdale.
October so far: 280.0mm vs 266.3mm October average — 5% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 12 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Patterdale (north-west) is the nearest rain gauge, 2.5km from the centre of Patterdale's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
22 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Patterdale (north-west), against a full-month average of 20.3 rain days.
2015 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 2,863 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 2,183 mm a year. The driest was 2001, with 1,437 mm.
5 Dec 2015: 124.5 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 156.8 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 Patterdale's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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