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How much rain fell in Wolsingham, County Durham? 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 Wolsingham, heaviest in the hour to Wed 07:00 (0.5mm).
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 Wolsingham | 0.0km | 2.2mm | 48.4mm | 75.2mm | 0.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Consett nr Consett | 9.7km | 2.8mm | 51.4mm | 73.0mm | 0.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Rookhope nr Rookhope | 13.3km | 2.6mm | 60.0mm | 98.8mm | 5.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 24.0mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Wolsingham, against a full-month average of 21.7 rain days (based on 4 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 530 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 658 mm by the same date in an average year (2004–2025) — 19% 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 (1,102 mm). Driest: 2017 (637 mm). Average: 846 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
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.
Wolsingham gets about 939 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 100 mm; driest May, 58 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
Nearest gauge on it: Stanhope, 8.1 km away: 0.57 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Wear →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Wolsingham's monitored area.
4 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Wolsingham's monitored area. None of the 4 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.
Town in County Durham, England
Wolsingham is a market town in Weardale, County Durham, England. It is situated by the River Wear, between Crook and Stanhope.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
2.8mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Wolsingham.
October so far: 81.3mm vs 99.7mm October average — 18% 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 Wolsingham is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Wolsingham's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Wolsingham, against a full-month average of 21.7 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2004, with 1,102 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 846 mm a year. The driest was 2017, with 637 mm.
17 Jul 2009: 62.9 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 67.2 mm at one of them. Records since 1 May 2003.
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 Wolsingham's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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