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How much rain fell in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear? 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 Whitley Bay (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 23:05 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 Whitley Bay | 0.0km | 5.9mm | 28.5mm | 50.1mm | 0.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Hazlerigg Village nr Hazlerigg Village | 10.7km | 6.2mm | 35.2mm | 58.6mm | 0.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Blyth nr Blyth | 11.2km | 3.2mm | 27.4mm | 50.6mm | 1.6mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 11.2mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Whitley Bay, against a full-month average of 17.2 rain days (based on 8 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 441 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 495 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 11% 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: 2012 (903 mm). Driest: 2003 (478 mm). Average: 632 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.
Whitley Bay gets about 675 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 76 mm; driest March, 41 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Whitley Bay's monitored area.
30 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Whitley Bay's monitored area. None of the 29 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: © 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.
Seaside town in Tyne and Wear, England
Whitley Bay is a seaside town in the North Tyneside borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It was formerly governed as part of Northumberland and has been part of Tyne and Wear since 1974. It is part of the wider Tyneside built-up area, being around 10 miles (16 km) north-east of Newcastle upon Tyne city centre. The population of Whitley Bay at the 2021 census was 38,323.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
4.7mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Whitley Bay.
October so far: 50.7mm vs 69.0mm October average — 27% 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 Whitley Bay is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Whitley Bay's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Whitley Bay, against a full-month average of 17.2 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 903 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 632 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 478 mm.
9 Aug 2004: 45.6 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 47.0 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 Whitley Bay's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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