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How much rain fell in Pudsey, West Yorkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Pudsey, heaviest in the hour to Wed 10:00 (0.2mm).
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 Pudsey | 0.0km | 3.6mm | 35.2mm | 77.8mm | 0.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Leeds nr Leeds | 5.7km | 3.8mm | 39.0mm | 78.9mm | 0.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Tingley nr Tingley | 10.2km | 3.0mm | 31.0mm | 72.1mm | 0.9mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 14.0mm.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Pudsey, against a full-month average of 19.3 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 582 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 607 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
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 (1,029 mm). Driest: 2003 (524 mm). Average: 773 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.
Pudsey gets about 815 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 86 mm; driest May, 53 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), 2.0 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: Armley, 3.8 km away: 1.06 m Falling ▼.
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 Pudsey's monitored area.
76 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Pudsey's monitored area. None of the 74 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.
Town in West Yorkshire, England
Pudsey is a market town in the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It is located midway between Bradford city centre and Leeds city centre. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a population of 25,393.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.8mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Pudsey.
October so far: 85.4mm vs 83.3mm October average — 3% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Pudsey is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Pudsey'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 Pudsey, against a full-month average of 19.3 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,029 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 773 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 524 mm.
14 Jun 2007: 75.5 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 Pudsey's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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