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How much rain fell in Scarborough, North 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 Scarborough (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 11:05 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 Scarborough | 0.1km | 2.6mm | 58.0mm | 104.2mm | 0.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Filey nr Filey | 10.8km | 2.2mm | 43.2mm | 88.6mm | 0.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Fylingthorpe nr Fylingthorpe | 19.8km | 1.4mm | 26.9mm | 62.6mm | 0.4mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 30.7mm.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Scarborough, against a full-month average of 18.0 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
The rain gauges near Scarborough do not have a long enough daily record yet, so this is the Met Office series for the wider region.
Yearly rainfall 1986–2025, with the dashed line at the 1991–2020 average. Wettest: 2012 (1,043 mm). Driest: 1989 (567 mm). Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Scarborough gets about 745 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 79 mm; driest May, 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), 0.3 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: Forge Valley, 4.4 km away: no recent reading.
Every gauge on the River Derwent →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Scarborough's monitored area.
19 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Scarborough's monitored area. None of the 18 with a live status is discharging right now, and 1 has 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 North Yorkshire, England
Scarborough is a seaside town and civil parish in the district and ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. With a population of 61,749, Scarborough is the largest town on the Yorkshire Coast and the fourth-largest settlement in the county.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
2.4mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Scarborough.
October so far: 96.4mm vs 62.7mm October average — 54% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Scarborough is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Scarborough's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Scarborough, against a full-month average of 18.0 rain days.
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 Scarborough's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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