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How much rain fell in St Bees, Cumberland? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 3.5mm of rain forecast for the area around St Bees, heaviest in the hour to Wed 06:00 (0.9mm).
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 St Bees | 1.3km | 8.5mm | 93.6mm | 197.3mm | 0.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Moor Row nr Moor Row | 4.5km | 6.4mm | 92.9mm | 205.6mm | 0.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Calder Bridge nr Calder Bridge | 9.2km | 7.6mm | 78.6mm | 167.8mm | 0.4mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 36.4mm.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr St Bees, against a full-month average of 21.6 rain days (based on 11 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 1,194 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 1,103 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 8% wetter.
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: 2000 (1,688 mm). Driest: 2001 (1,060 mm). Average: 1,447 mm a year.
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.
St Bees gets about 1,164 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 139 mm; driest April, 61 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), 0.7 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: Egremont, 3.5 km away: 0.90 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Ehen →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of St Bees's monitored area.
25 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of St Bees's monitored area. None of the 23 with a live status is discharging right now, and 2 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: © United Utilities 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.
Village in Cumbria, England
St Bees is a coastal village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England, on the Irish Sea.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
7.6mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of St Bees.
October so far: 206.2mm vs 162.4mm October average — 27% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr St Bees is the nearest rain gauge, 1.3km from the centre of St Bees's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr St Bees, against a full-month average of 21.6 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,688 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,447 mm a year. The driest was 2001, with 1,060 mm.
3 Oct 2014: 80.2 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 100.6 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 St Bees's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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