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How much rain fell in Rochester, Northumberland? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency and SEPA rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.0mm of rain forecast for the area around Rochester, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (0.5mm).
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 Kielder nr Kielder | 0.0km | 30.8mm | 39.6mm | – | 8.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Byrness nr Byrness | 11.6km | 28.4mm | 41.0mm | 87.8mm | 6.2mm |
| Chesters nr Chesters | 14.0km | 26.0mm | 34.0mm | 79.6mm | 6.4mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 28.4mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Kielder, against a full-month average of 24.4 rain days (based on 25 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 790 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 927 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 15% 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: 2008 (1,573 mm). Driest: 2003 (892 mm). Average: 1,219 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.
Rochester gets about 1,411 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month January, 160 mm; driest May, 83 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), 2.4 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: Kielder Butteryhaugh, 3.8 km away: 0.93 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River North Tyne →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Rochester's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Rochester's monitored area. None of them has a live status we can show 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: © Northumbrian 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 England
Rochester is a small village and civil parish in north Northumberland, England. It is 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Otterburn on the A68 road between Corbridge and Jedburgh. The village is the site of the Roman fort of Bremenium, built there to protect the important Roman road of Dere Street, which passes through the village.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
28.4mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Rochester.
October so far: 83.7mm vs 131.8mm October average — 36% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Kielder is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Rochester's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Kielder, against a full-month average of 24.4 rain days.
2008 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,573 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,219 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 892 mm.
7 Jan 2005: 58.9 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 65.2 mm at one of them. Records since 1 Jan 2000.
Rainfall data: Environment Agency and SEPA 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 Rochester's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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