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How much rain fell in St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland? 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 St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (under 0.2mm).
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.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Legburthwaite (north, 1.8 km) nr Legburthwaite | 1.8km | 21.2mm | 158.4mm | 336.4mm | 18.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Legburthwaite (north, 3.8 km) nr Legburthwaite | 3.8km | 24.2mm | 172.2mm | 337.8mm | 16.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Patterdale nr Patterdale | 5.4km | 32.1mm | 189.8mm | 424.7mm | 24.3mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 52.1mm.
23 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Legburthwaite (north, 1.8 km), against a full-month average of 25.3 rain days (based on 3 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 2,318 mm (1 Jan to 27 Oct), against 2,188 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 6% wetter.
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: 2015 (3,787 mm). Driest: 2001 (1,964 mm). Average: 2,946 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.
St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn gets about 2,719 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 349 mm; driest May, 140 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), 2.1 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
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. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn's monitored area.
19.6mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 11 rain gauges within 15km of St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn.
October so far: 379.2mm vs 282.4mm October average — 34% wetter. Figures are the average of 11 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Legburthwaite (north, 1.8 km) is the nearest rain gauge, 1.8km from the centre of St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
23 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Legburthwaite (north, 1.8 km), against a full-month average of 25.3 rain days.
2015 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 3,787 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 2,946 mm a year. The driest was 2001, with 1,964 mm.
19 Nov 2009: 139.4 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 153.4 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. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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