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How much rain fell in Tupton, Derbyshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.9mm of rain forecast for the area around Tupton, heaviest in the hour to Tue 04:00 (1.2mm).
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 Tupton | 0.0km | 2.8mm | 53.0mm | 99.2mm | 5.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Brackenfield CP nr Brackenfield CP | 6.7km | 1.8mm | 48.6mm | 87.8mm | 7.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Bolehill nr Bolehill | 9.0km | 5.1mm | 58.3mm | 101.2mm | 4.7mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 19.6mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Tupton.
2026 so far: 662 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 639 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
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: 2023 (1,123 mm). Driest: 2011 (557 mm). Average: 832 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.
Tupton gets about 833 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 87 mm; driest March, 56 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), 2.5 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: Chesterfield Avenue Washlands, 2.4 km away: 0.53 m Falling ▼.
Every gauge on the River Rother →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Tupton's monitored area.
33 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Tupton's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 28 report not discharging, and 4 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: © Yorkshire Water storm overflow activity data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Live status: © Severn Trent 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 Derbyshire, England
Tupton is a village and civil parish in North East Derbyshire, Derbyshire, England, 5 miles (8 km) south of Chesterfield. The population of the civil parish -- including Egstow and Old Tupton -- was 3,428 at the 2011 Census. It lies just north of Clay Cross on the A61 which runs from Chesterfield to Alfreton. It comprises the areas of Old Tupton and New Tupton. However, it is generally referred to as Tupton. A similarly named area, Tapton, is a few miles away, part of Chesterfield.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
2.8mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Tupton.
October so far: 92.0mm vs 87.3mm October average — 5% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Tupton is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Tupton's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,123 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 832 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 557 mm.
27 Aug 2026: 51.8 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 61.5 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 Tupton's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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