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How much rain fell in Thornton Steward, North Yorkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.9mm of rain forecast for the area around Thornton Steward, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (2.9mm).
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 Little Crakehall nr Little Crakehall | 6.1km | 14.9mm | 24.0mm | 56.2mm | 6.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Richmond nr Richmond | 13.0km | 16.5mm | 25.1mm | 55.6mm | 8.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Romanby nr Romanby | 17.5km | 6.4mm | 14.0mm | 44.6mm | 4.0mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 15.7mm.
12 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Little Crakehall, against a full-month average of 17.8 rain days (based on 23 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 530 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 591 mm by the same date in an average year (2004–2025) — 10% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 2 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (1,034 mm). Driest: 2011 (564 mm). Average: 758 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 2 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 Steward gets about 795 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 81 mm; driest May, 51 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), 1.3 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
Nearest gauge on it: Kilgram, 2.6 km away: 0.67 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Ure →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 Steward's monitored area.
9 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Thornton Steward's monitored area. None of the 8 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 and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England
Thornton Steward is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, near Wensleydale, with a population of 100–200, measured at 199 in the 2011 Census. The name derives from Old English relating to a hawthorn tree on a farm and Steward. The village was formerly owned by Wymar, who was the steward of the Earls of Richmond. The village is very similar to the others that dot Wensleydale, but Thornton Steward has a reservoir owned by Yorkshire Water.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
15.7mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Thornton Steward.
October so far: 55.9mm vs 75.5mm October average — 26% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Little Crakehall is the nearest rain gauge, 6.1km from the centre of Thornton Steward's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
12 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Little Crakehall, against a full-month average of 17.8 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2004, with 1,034 mm from the average of 2 local rain gauges, against an average of 758 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 564 mm.
24 Sep 2012: 95.9 mm on average across 2 local rain gauges, and up to 104.0 mm at one of them. Records since 16 Jul 2003.
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 Steward's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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