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How much rain fell in Wearhead, County Durham? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 4.3mm of rain forecast for the area around Wearhead, heaviest in the hour to Wed 08:00 (1.6mm).
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 Wearhead | 0.0km | 3.2mm | 58.2mm | 110.8mm | 6.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Allenheads nr Allenheads | 6.3km | 1.9mm | 55.6mm | 108.0mm | 4.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Rookhope nr Rookhope | 8.9km | 2.6mm | 60.0mm | 98.8mm | 5.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 17.6mm.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Wearhead, against a full-month average of 23.1 rain days (based on 6 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 816 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 994 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 18% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 5 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2000 (1,707 mm). Driest: 2003 (991 mm). Average: 1,321 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 5 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.
Wearhead gets about 1,536 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 193 mm; driest May, 83 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), 2.9 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 Wearhead's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Wearhead's monitored area. None of the 2 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: © Northumbrian 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 County Durham, England
Wearhead is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It is situated at the top of Weardale between Cowshill and Ireshopeburn. It is named after the nearby source of the River Wear which runs eastwards for approx 40 miles (64 km) to Sunderland. In the 2001 census Wearhead had a population of 210.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.8mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Wearhead.
October so far: 118.0mm vs 136.9mm October average — 14% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Wearhead is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Wearhead's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Wearhead, against a full-month average of 23.1 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,707 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,321 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 991 mm.
7 Jan 2005: 73.8 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 106.4 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 Wearhead's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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