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How much rain fell in South Elmsall, West 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 South Elmsall (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 05:05 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 South Elmsall | 0.0km | 2.4mm | 26.3mm | 57.8mm | 0.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Barnsley nr Barnsley | 10.3km | 1.9mm | 27.1mm | 60.6mm | 0.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Rotherham nr Rotherham | 16.6km | 3.2mm | 41.1mm | 74.9mm | 1.9mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 11.3mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr South Elmsall, against a full-month average of 17.8 rain days (based on 26 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 456 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 508 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 10% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 2 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (869 mm). Driest: 2011 (397 mm). Average: 645 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 2 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.
South Elmsall gets about 644 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month June, 66 mm; driest February, 41 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), 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: Houghton, 8.4 km away: 0.19 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Dearne →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of South Elmsall's monitored area.
7 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of South Elmsall's monitored area. None of the 7 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.
Town and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England
South Elmsall is a town and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. South Elmsall lies to the east of Hemsworth. The town had a population in 2001 of 6,107, increasing to 6,519 at the 2011 Census.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
2.2mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of South Elmsall.
October so far: 59.2mm vs 69.8mm October average — 15% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr South Elmsall is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of South Elmsall's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr South Elmsall, against a full-month average of 17.8 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 869 mm from the average of 2 local rain gauges, against an average of 645 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 397 mm.
30 Jun 2003: 66.5 mm on average across 2 local rain gauges, and up to 68.8 mm at one of them. 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 South Elmsall's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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