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How much rain fell in Settle, North Yorkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 12.9mm of rain forecast for the area around Settle, heaviest in the hour to Wed 09:00 (2.8mm).
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 Settle | 0.0km | 10.3mm | 74.6mm | 183.3mm | 6.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Stainforth nr Stainforth | 7.1km | 6.8mm | 47.6mm | 99.9mm | 2.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Hesleden nr Hesleden | 7.1km | 17.4mm | 90.2mm | 190.0mm | 7.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 31.8mm.
22 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Settle, against a full-month average of 24.0 rain days (based on 22 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,184 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 1,233 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 4 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2015 (2,079 mm). Driest: 2003 (1,087 mm). Average: 1,654 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 4 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.
Settle gets about 1,669 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 195 mm; driest April, 93 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), 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
Nearest gauge on it: Kettlewell, 8.8 km away: 0.78 m Falling ▼.
Every gauge on the River Wharfe →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Settle's monitored area.
Market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England
Settle is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town had a population of 2,421 in the 2001 census, increasing to 2,564 at the 2011 census.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
12.3mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Settle.
October so far: 164.4mm vs 169.6mm October average — 3% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Settle is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Settle's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
22 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Settle, against a full-month average of 24.0 rain days.
2015 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 2,079 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,654 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 1,087 mm.
1 Nov 2020: 72.7 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 96.2 mm at one of them, during Storm Aiden. 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 Settle's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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