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How much rain fell in Thornton Curtis, North Lincolnshire? 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 Thornton Curtis (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 Thornton Curtis | 0.0km | 2.3mm | 21.8mm | 26.3mm | 1.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr South Ferriby nr South Ferriby | 12.0km | 2.2mm | 30.8mm | 75.8mm | 1.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Keelby CP nr Keelby CP | 12.4km | 2.5mm | 47.6mm | 85.0mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 13.0mm.
10 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Thornton Curtis, against a full-month average of 17.3 rain days (based on 16 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 432 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 497 mm by the same date in an average year (2002–2025) — 13% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 3 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (830 mm). Driest: 2003 (370 mm). Average: 629 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 3 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.
Thornton Curtis gets about 673 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month June, 69 mm; driest March, 41 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), 3.1 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 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 Thornton Curtis's monitored area.
4 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Thornton Curtis's monitored area. None of the 4 with a live status is discharging right now.
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: © Anglian 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 and civil parish in the North Lincolnshire district of Lincolnshire, England
Thornton Curtis is a village and civil parish in the North Lincolnshire district of Lincolnshire, England, approximately 5 miles (8 km) south-east from the town of Barton-upon-Humber. The population at the 2011 census was 295.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
2.3mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Thornton Curtis.
October so far: 62.4mm vs 67.3mm October average — 7% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Thornton Curtis is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Thornton Curtis's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
10 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Thornton Curtis, against a full-month average of 17.3 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2002, with 830 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 629 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 370 mm.
14 Jun 2007: 58.9 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 64.6 mm at one of them, during 2007 UK floods. Records since 12 Apr 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 Thornton Curtis's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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