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How much rain fell in Wakefield, West Yorkshire? 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 Wakefield (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 Wakefield | 0.1km | 2.8mm | 25.6mm | 65.4mm | 0.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Tingley nr Tingley | 6.1km | 3.0mm | 31.0mm | 72.1mm | 0.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Heckmondwike nr Heckmondwike | 12.7km | 3.0mm | 31.1mm | 76.4mm | 3.6mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 13.3mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Wakefield, against a full-month average of 19.0 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 542 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 586 mm by the same date in an average year (2003–2025) — 8% 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 (1,077 mm). Driest: 2003 (526 mm). Average: 747 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.
Wakefield gets about 663 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month June, 64 mm; driest February, 45 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), 2.8 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: Oulton Lemonroyd, 8.5 km away: 0.70 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Aire →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Wakefield's monitored area.
40 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Wakefield's monitored area. None of the 38 with a live status is discharging right now, and 2 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. Annual spill figures: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring return, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, Open Government Licence (OGL) v3.0.
City in West Yorkshire, England
Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England, located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 109,766 in the 2021 census, up from 99,251 in the 2011 census. The city is the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, which had a 2025 population of 369,450, the 26th most populous district in England. It is part of the West Yorkshire Built-up Area and the Yorkshire and the Humber region.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
2.6mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Wakefield.
October so far: 70.0mm vs 76.0mm October average — 8% 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 Wakefield is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Wakefield'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 Wakefield, against a full-month average of 19.0 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2003, with 1,077 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 747 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 526 mm.
9 Aug 2004: 62.0 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 68.2 mm at one of them. Records since 23 May 2002.
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 Wakefield's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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