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How much rain fell in Pool in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.7mm of rain forecast for the area around Pool in Wharfedale, heaviest in the hour to 11:00 (0.4mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 05:05 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 Clifton nr Clifton | 4.7km | 2.9mm | 43.7mm | 74.6mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Stainburn nr Stainburn | 7.5km | 4.0mm | 41.6mm | 85.0mm | 0.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Harewood nr Harewood | 9.4km | 0.5mm | 35.3mm | 88.1mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 16.2mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Clifton.
2026 so far: 613 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 710 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 14% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 6 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (1,231 mm). Driest: 2003 (621 mm). Average: 912 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 6 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.
Pool in Wharfedale gets about 836 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 88 mm; driest May, 55 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
Nearest gauge on it: Otley, 2.1 km away: 0.54 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Wharfe →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Pool in Wharfedale's monitored area.
13 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Pool in Wharfedale's monitored area. None of the 13 with a live status is 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: © 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 and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England
Pool-in-Wharfedale or Pool in Wharfedale, usually abbreviated to Pool, is a village and civil parish in Lower Wharfedale, West Yorkshire, England, 10 miles (16 km) north of Leeds city centre, 11 miles (18 km) north-east of Bradford, and 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Otley. It is in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, and within the historic boundaries of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
2.2mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Pool in Wharfedale.
October so far: 86.5mm vs 92.4mm October average — 6% drier. Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Clifton is the nearest rain gauge, 4.7km from the centre of Pool in Wharfedale's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,231 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 912 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 621 mm.
14 Jun 2007: 73.3 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 78.2 mm at one of them, during 2007 UK floods. 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 Pool in Wharfedale's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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