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How much rain fell in Richmond, North Yorkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.9mm of rain forecast for the area around Richmond, heaviest in the hour to Wed 09:00 (0.3mm).
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 Richmond | 0.0km | 4.3mm | 47.7mm | 71.0mm | 1.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Little Crakehall nr Little Crakehall | 11.9km | 2.4mm | 42.9mm | 69.2mm | 0.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr East Cowton nr East Cowton | 14.3km | 2.8mm | 27.4mm | 54.6mm | 1.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 13.5mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Richmond, against a full-month average of 18.6 rain days (based on 23 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 500 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 560 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — 11% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 3 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (981 mm). Driest: 2001 (461 mm). Average: 706 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 3 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.
Richmond gets about 790 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 80 mm; driest May, 52 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), 1.0 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: Richmond Lownthwaite Bridge, 2.8 km away: 1.06 m Rising ▲.
Every gauge on the River Swale →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Richmond's monitored area.
14 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Richmond's monitored area. None of the 14 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.
Town in North Yorkshire, England
Richmond is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is located at the point where Swaledale, the upper valley of the River Swale, opens into the Vale of Mowbray. The town's population at the 2011 census was 8,413. The town is 13 miles (21 km) north-west of Northallerton, the county town, and 41 miles (66 km) north-west of York.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.2mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Richmond.
October so far: 64.9mm vs 73.5mm October average — 12% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Richmond is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Richmond's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Richmond, against a full-month average of 18.6 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 981 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 706 mm a year. The driest was 2001, with 461 mm.
24 Sep 2012: 90.5 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 104.0 mm at one of them. Records since 31 Aug 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 Richmond's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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