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How much rain fell in Sheffield, South Yorkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.8mm of rain forecast for the area around Sheffield, heaviest in the hour to Tue 02:00 (0.4mm).
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.
Chance of rain in Sheffield
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 70% chance of more than 1 mm, 5% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: 85% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 2.1 km from Sheffield. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Ringinglow nr Ringinglow | 1.7km | 6.5mm | 71.1mm | 115.9mm | 5.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Sheffield (south-east) | 2.4km | 4.7mm | 67.3mm | 112.4mm | 5.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Sheffield (north-west) | 3.7km | 8.3mm | 79.9mm | 132.2mm | 5.7mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 21.2mm.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Ringinglow, against a full-month average of 21.3 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 751 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 728 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 (1,298 mm). Driest: 2003 (660 mm). Average: 953 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
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.
Sheffield gets about 1,045 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 111 mm; driest May, 69 mm). That is close to 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), 1.6 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: Sheffield Lady's Bridge, 8.2 km away: 0.54 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 Sheffield's monitored area.
14 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Sheffield's monitored area. None of the 14 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: © 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.
City in South Yorkshire, England
Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated 29 miles (47 km) south of Leeds and 32 miles (51 km) east of Manchester. It is the second largest city in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the larger metropolitan borough of Sheffield, which had an estimated population of 579,517 in 2025.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
6.2mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Sheffield.
October so far: 108.9mm vs 99.5mm October average — 9% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Ringinglow is the nearest rain gauge, 1.7km from the centre of Sheffield's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Ringinglow, against a full-month average of 21.3 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,298 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 953 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 660 mm.
20 Sep 2018: 72.6 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 78.6 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 Sheffield's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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