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How much rain fell in Stanley, County Durham? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 4.1mm of rain forecast for the area around Stanley, heaviest in the hour to 11:00 (1.1mm).
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 Stanley | 0.0km | 1.7mm | 38.8mm | 62.4mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Consett nr Consett | 9.5km | 2.9mm | 48.9mm | 69.9mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Esh Winning nr Esh Winning | 9.7km | 2.5mm | 54.2mm | 73.2mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 21.5mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Stanley, against a full-month average of 19.0 rain days (based on 4 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 456 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 570 mm by the same date in an average year (2011–2025) — 20% 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 (1,058 mm). Driest: 2011 (556 mm). Average: 731 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.
Stanley gets about 735 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 74 mm; driest February, 47 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), 1.5 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 Discharging now
Nearest gauge on it: Chester-Le-Street, 7.0 km away: 0.58 m Falling ▼.
Every gauge on the River Wear →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Stanley's monitored area.
51 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Stanley's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 44 report not discharging, and 6 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: © Northumbrian 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 County Durham, England
Stanley is a town and civil parish in County Durham, England. Centred on a hilltop between Chester-le-Street and Consett, it lies south-west of Gateshead. The town's name is derived from the Old English stān and lēah, meaning "stony woodland clearing".
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.9mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Stanley.
October so far: 63.0mm vs 82.5mm October average — 24% 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 Stanley is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Stanley's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Stanley, against a full-month average of 19.0 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2011, with 1,058 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 731 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 556 mm.
24 Sep 2012: 65.1 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 72.6 mm at one of them. Records since 23 Feb 2010.
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 Stanley's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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