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How much rain fell in Whitby, North Yorkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Whitby, heaviest in the hour to 20:00 (1.7mm).
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 Fylingthorpe nr Fylingthorpe | 6.0km | 7.3mm | 19.7mm | 58.7mm | 7.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Hutton Mulgrave nr Hutton Mulgrave | 6.7km | 10.6mm | 19.3mm | 35.4mm | 1.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Mickleby nr Mickleby | 9.9km | 11.8mm | 22.0mm | 57.6mm | 2.2mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 10.2mm.
13 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Fylingthorpe, against a full-month average of 19.0 rain days (based on 16 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 503 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 596 mm by the same date in an average year (2006–2025) — 16% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 6 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (978 mm). Driest: 2011 (526 mm). Average: 792 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 6 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.
Whitby gets about 755 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 87 mm; driest May, 44 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), 2.1 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 Whitby's monitored area.
24 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Whitby's monitored area. None of the 23 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.
Coastal town in North Yorkshire, England
Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is located at the mouth of the River Esk, where the North York Moors meet the Yorkshire Coast, and has a maritime, mineral and tourist economy. It is 47 miles (76 km) from York and 22 miles (35 km) from Middlesbrough.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
10.2mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Whitby.
October so far: 54.3mm vs 80.5mm October average — 33% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Fylingthorpe is the nearest rain gauge, 6.0km from the centre of Whitby's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
13 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Fylingthorpe, against a full-month average of 19.0 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2006, with 978 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 792 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 526 mm.
1 Aug 2002: 84.2 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 93.0 mm at one of them. Records since 8 Jul 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 Whitby's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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