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How much rain fell in Rothwell, West Yorkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 3.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Rothwell, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (2.7mm).
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 nr Pudsey | 7.9km | 9.6mm | 21.4mm | 65.0mm | 9.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Leeds nr Leeds | 8.1km | 13.4mm | 26.4mm | 66.7mm | 10.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Tingley nr Tingley | 8.8km | 14.0mm | 25.9mm | 62.3mm | 5.5mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 11.8mm.
17 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: 527 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 596 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 12% drier.
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: 769 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.
Rothwell gets about 663 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 66 mm; driest March, 45 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), 0.9 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 Discharging now
Nearest gauge on it: Leeds Knostrop Weir Flood Alleviation Scheme, 0.4 km away: 22.61 mAOD Rising ▲.
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 Rothwell's monitored area.
59 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Rothwell's monitored area. 9 are discharging now, 48 report not discharging, 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.
Market town in West Yorkshire, England
Rothwell is a town in the south-east of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England, situated between Leeds city centre and Wakefield. It is located in the eponymous Rothwell ward of Leeds City Council and Wakefield and Rothwell parliamentary constituency, and is part of the West Yorkshire Urban Area.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
11.7mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Rothwell.
October so far: 64.6mm vs 79.0mm October average — 18% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Pudsey is the nearest rain gauge, 7.9km from the centre of Rothwell's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 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 769 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 Rothwell's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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