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How much rain fell in Yafforth, North Yorkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.6mm of rain forecast for the area around Yafforth, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (0.2mm).
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 Romanby nr Romanby | 0.0km | 6.4mm | 14.0mm | 44.6mm | 4.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr East Harlsey nr East Harlsey | 7.2km | 3.9mm | 10.5mm | 43.4mm | 3.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr East Cowton nr East Cowton | 10.7km | 9.2mm | 15.2mm | 46.2mm | 4.8mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 9.2mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Romanby, against a full-month average of 19.4 rain days (based on 20 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 416 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 523 mm by the same date in an average year (2004–2025) — 20% 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 (871 mm). Driest: 2011 (546 mm). Average: 665 mm a year.
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.
Yafforth gets about 686 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 71 mm; driest March, 40 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: Maunby, 6.6 km away: 1.00 m Falling ▼.
Every gauge on the River Swale →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Yafforth's monitored area.
13 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Yafforth's monitored area. None of the 10 with a live status is discharging right now, and 3 have 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.
Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England
Yafforth is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Northallerton. The village lies on the B6271 road between Northallerton and the village of Scorton. The parish had a population of 174 in the 2011 census.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
8.6mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Yafforth.
October so far: 47.6mm vs 66.6mm October average — 29% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Romanby is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Yafforth's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Romanby, against a full-month average of 19.4 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2004, with 871 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 665 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 546 mm.
24 Sep 2012: 71.1 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 87.8 mm at one of them. Records since 20 Mar 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 Yafforth's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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