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How much rain fell in Rothbury, Northumberland? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: little or no rain forecast for the area around Rothbury (under 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 Rothbury | 0.0km | 1.7mm | 40.9mm | 62.0mm | 1.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Nunnykirk nr Nunnykirk | 8.3km | 1.8mm | 46.4mm | 73.6mm | 5.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Hollinghill nr Hollinghill | 14.3km | 1.7mm | 49.3mm | 85.0mm | 4.7mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 18.6mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Rothbury, against a full-month average of 20.7 rain days (based on 15 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 615 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 667 mm by the same date in an average year (2003–2025) — 8% 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 (1,125 mm). Driest: 2003 (633 mm). Average: 862 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.
Rothbury gets about 870 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 99 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), 1.8 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: Rothbury, 1.0 km away: 0.51 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Coquet →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Rothbury's monitored area.
4 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Rothbury's monitored area. None of the 4 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: © 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.
Market town in Northumberland, England
Rothbury is a market town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the River Coquet. It is 14 miles (22.5 km) north-west of Morpeth and 26 miles (42 km) north of Newcastle upon Tyne. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 2,107.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.7mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Rothbury.
October so far: 73.5mm vs 94.0mm October average — 22% 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 Rothbury is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Rothbury'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 Rothbury, against a full-month average of 20.7 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2003, with 1,125 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 862 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 633 mm.
5 Sep 2008: 70.8 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 72.6 mm at one of them. Records since 5 Dec 2002.
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 Rothbury's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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