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How much rain fell in Wasdale Head, Cumberland? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
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In force until 11pm Sat 24 Oct (UK time). Issued 9:05am Sat 24 Oct by the Met Office.
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Next 24 hours: about 14.8mm of rain forecast for the area around Wasdale Head, heaviest in the hour to Sun 04:00 (1.4mm).
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 Seatoller nr Seatoller | 5.9km | 27.2mm | 71.8mm | – | 47.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Borrowdale nr Borrowdale | 6.2km | 25.2mm | 70.4mm | 466.4mm | 64.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Lakes nr Lakes | 10.2km | 21.2mm | 54.2mm | 297.8mm | 37.2mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 42.9mm.
10 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Seatoller, against a full-month average of 23.5 rain days (based on 3 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 2,131 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 2,026 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 5% wetter.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 8 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2020 (3,562 mm). Driest: 2003 (1,967 mm). Average: 2,763 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 8 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.
Wasdale Head gets about 2,759 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 311 mm; driest April, 142 mm). That is wetter 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), 1.7 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Wasdale Head's monitored area.
Hamlet in Cumbria, England
Wasdale Head is a scattered agricultural hamlet in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Wasdale Head claims to be home of the highest mountain, deepest lake (Wastwater), smallest church and biggest liar in England. The last of these claims refers to Will Ritson, who paradoxically proclaimed himself as such. In 1870-72 the township/chapelry had a population of 49.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
25.2mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of Wasdale Head.
October so far: 305.2mm vs 285.6mm October average — 7% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Seatoller is the nearest rain gauge, 5.9km from the centre of Wasdale Head'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 Seatoller, against a full-month average of 23.5 rain days.
2020 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 3,562 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 2,763 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 1,967 mm.
19 Nov 2009: 122.2 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 145.6 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 Wasdale Head's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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