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How much rain fell in Staithes, North 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 Staithes (under 0.2mm).
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 Staithes | 0.0km | 3.1mm | 24.1mm | 58.0mm | 3.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ugthorpe nr Ugthorpe | 4.5km | 2.6mm | 30.8mm | 66.1mm | 1.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Mickleby nr Mickleby | 4.9km | 2.5mm | 26.8mm | 64.2mm | 1.9mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 10.9mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Staithes, against a full-month average of 18.1 rain days (based on 16 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 485 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 569 mm by the same date in an average year (2009–2025) — 15% drier.
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: 2012 (947 mm). Driest: 2011 (510 mm). Average: 750 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.
Staithes gets about 647 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 74 mm; driest March, 39 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), 1.0 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Staithes's monitored area.
6 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Staithes's monitored area. None of the 5 with a live status is discharging right now, and 1 has 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.
Village in North Yorkshire, England
Staithes is a village in North Yorkshire, England, by the border between the unitary authorities of North Yorkshire and Redcar and Cleveland. The area on the Redcar and Cleveland side is known as Cowbar. Formerly a centre of fishing and mining, Staithes is now a tourist destination in the North York Moors National Park.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
2.2mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Staithes.
October so far: 56.5mm vs 77.6mm October average — 27% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Staithes is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Staithes's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Staithes, against a full-month average of 18.1 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2009, with 947 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 750 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 510 mm.
6 Sep 2013: 62.6 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 87.2 mm at one of them. Records since 22 Apr 2008.
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 Staithes's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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