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How much rain fell in Rotherham, South Yorkshire? 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 Rotherham (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated Mon 23:05 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.
Chance of rain in Rotherham
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 50% chance of more than 1 mm, less than 5% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: 70% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point under 1 km from Rotherham. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Rotherham (north-west) | 7.0km | 3.2mm | 41.1mm | 73.0mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Rotherham (south-east) | 7.0km | 4.1mm | 31.6mm | 73.3mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Barnsley nr Barnsley | 11.5km | 1.9mm | 27.1mm | 60.2mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 17.5mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Rotherham (north-west), against a full-month average of 17.8 rain days (based on 16 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 647 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 647 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 7 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (1,148 mm). Driest: 2003 (561 mm). Average: 835 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 7 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.
Rotherham gets about 678 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 69 mm; driest March, 47 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), 2.4 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: Hadfields, 1.7 km away: 0.40 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Don →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Rotherham's monitored area.
96 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Rotherham's monitored area. None of the 85 with a live status is discharging right now, and 11 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 South Yorkshire, England
Rotherham is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies at the confluence of the River Rother, from which the town takes its name, and the River Don. It is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
4.0mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Rotherham.
October so far: 94.5mm vs 87.4mm October average — 8% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Rotherham (north-west) is the nearest rain gauge, 7.0km from the centre of Rotherham's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Rotherham (north-west), against a full-month average of 17.8 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,148 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 835 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 561 mm.
20 Sep 2018: 66.9 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 75.8 mm at one of them, during Storm Bronagh. 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 Rotherham's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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