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How much rain fell in Silsden, West Yorkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Silsden, heaviest in the hour to Wed 10:00 (0.3mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 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.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Silsden | 0.0km | 7.7mm | 43.2mm | 101.8mm | 4.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Skipton nr Skipton | 6.4km | 8.6mm | 45.1mm | 111.2mm | 6.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Embsay nr Embsay | 8.3km | 8.0mm | 39.8mm | 90.2mm | 4.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 18.0mm.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Silsden, against a full-month average of 18.7 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 690 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 846 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — 18% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 8 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (1,471 mm). Driest: 2010 (809 mm). Average: 1,092 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 8 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.
Silsden gets about 1,021 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 113 mm; driest May, 60 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), 1.9 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
Nearest gauge on it: Kildwick, 3.9 km away: 0.85 m Falling ▼.
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 Silsden's monitored area.
18 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Silsden's monitored area. None of the 15 with a live status is discharging right now, and 3 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 and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England
Silsden is a town and civil parish in the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England, on the River Aire and Leeds and Liverpool Canal between Keighley and Skipton, which had a population of 8,390 at the 2021 Census. The parish includes the hamlet of Brunthwaite.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
6.6mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 10 rain gauges within 15km of Silsden.
October so far: 105.6mm vs 111.8mm October average — 6% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 10 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Silsden is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Silsden'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 Silsden, against a full-month average of 18.7 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 1,471 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,092 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 809 mm.
9 Aug 2004: 80.5 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 84.4 mm at one of them. Records since 18 Feb 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 Silsden's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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