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Storm Darcy

7–8 February 2021 · 2020-21 season · named by KNMI · England

123flood warnings & alerts
Named by KNMI, Darcy was a cold-easterly snow/blizzard event ('Beast from the East 2') bringing heavy snow and bitter winds to eastern England rather than rain flooding.

Flood footprintstorm total

0severe warnings
39flood warnings
84flood alerts
105areas
52counties
79rivers & seas

Worst-hit areas

  • North Sea coast at Skipsea, Hornsea and Mappleton4
  • North Sea coast at Bridlington3
  • North Sea coast from Whitby to Filey3
  • North Sea at Sandsend2
  • North Sea at Scarborough - North Bay2
  • North Sea coast at Bridlington - Harbour Road and Floral Pavilion2

Counties

  • North Yorkshire25
  • Lincolnshire21
  • East Riding of Yorkshire17
  • Wakefield10
  • Leeds9
  • Norfolk9

Rivers & seas

  • North Sea18
  • River Aire5
  • Burn4
  • River Nidd3
  • Blackburn Brook2
  • Groundwater2

Flood mapthe storm's flood footprint

Red/amber rings mark rivers that reached or came close to their own high level during the storm — the most direct evidence of likely flooding (the gauge measures the river, not any one property). Solid dots mark each flood area's reference point, coloured by the most severe warning raised there — a warning means flooding was expected. Shaded shapes are the Environment Agency's recorded flood outlines: land actually observed flooded, published retrospectively (updated quarterly). England data only.

The rainstorm-total by gauge

GaugeTotal mm
Trawden 43.2
Halifax Ogden 42.2
Walshaw Dean Lodge 34.6
Red Bridge 34.6
Lower Laithe 33.6
Marsden Butterley 31.8
Heckmondwike 31.0
Mearley Hall 29.8
Thornton 29.8
Wakefield 28.6
Dirtness 27.6
Broadhead Noddle 27.2

The riverspeak vs warning level

StationPeak% of warning
Oulton St Aidans · Aire Washlands 1.69 m 366%
Weetwood Bridge · River Till 4.05 m 358%
Clifton Hall · River Mease 5.19 m 350%
Wimpole · River Rhee 1.04 m 303%
Haslingfield Burnt Mill · River Rhee 1.17 m 292%
Canklow Washlands · Ulley Brook 2.27 m 292%
Birkwood · River Calder 4.71 m 285%
Heaton Mill · River Till 2.82 m 275%
Tanfield · River Team 1.22 m 274%
Wholsea Grange · Back Delfin 0.87 m 273%
Pudsey · Farnley Beck 1.37 m 273%
Sandhill Bridge · Blackfoss Beck 1.34 m 270%

Gauge records cover 6–9 February 2021 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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