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How much rain fell in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
2 other rain gauges are also registered under the name Sunderland: Rainfall gauge nr Sunderland, Sunderland (Cumberland) — see the Rainfall gauge nr Sunderland gauge page. The figures here are for Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.
Next 24 hours: little or no rain forecast for the area around Sunderland (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 Sunderland | 0.0km | 6.0mm | 26.8mm | 49.0mm | 0.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Washington nr Washington | 7.9km | 5.0mm | 32.6mm | 52.6mm | 1.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Whitley Bay nr Whitley Bay | 12.5km | 5.9mm | 28.5mm | 50.1mm | 0.8mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 11.1mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Sunderland, against a full-month average of 18.3 rain days (based on 16 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 422 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 521 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 19% 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 (984 mm). Driest: 2003 (497 mm). Average: 662 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.
Sunderland gets about 643 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 73 mm; driest March, 38 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), 2.3 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 Sunderland's monitored area.
42 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Sunderland's monitored area. None of the 41 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: © 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.
City in Tyne and Wear, England
Sunderland is a port city in the county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. It is a port at the mouth of the River Wear on the North Sea, approximately 10 miles (16 km) south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the most populous settlement in the Wearside conurbation and the second-most populous settlement, after Newcastle. It is the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
5.0mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Sunderland.
October so far: 49.9mm vs 68.7mm October average — 27% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Sunderland is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Sunderland'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 Sunderland, against a full-month average of 18.3 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 984 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 662 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 497 mm.
24 Sep 2012: 52.7 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 72.6 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 Sunderland's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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