UK rainfall records
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Record rainfall extremes in the UK over 200 mm in 24 hours, based on data from the British Rainfall publication, 1866-1968 and other sources.
| Date | Depth (mm) | Depth (in) | Location | County (pre 1974) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19-11-2009 | 314.4 (provisional)This gauged amount covers the 24 hour period 00:45-00:45, which differs from the other entries in this table which are the 24 hour period 09:00-09:00. However the amount is greater than any other 2 consecutive rainfall days and so it must represent a record provided the gauge was accurate.. This gauged amount also awaits final quality control. | 12.4 | Seathwaite Farm | Cumberland Cumberland Cumberland is a historic county of North West England, on the border with Scotland, from the 12th century until 1974. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 and now forms part of Cumbria.... |
| 18-07-1955 | 279.4 | 11.0 | Martinstown (The Chantry) | Dorset Dorset Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974... |
| 28-06-1917 | 242.8 | 9.6 | Bruton Bruton Bruton is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the River Brue seven miles south-east of Shepton Mallet, just south of Snakelake Hill and Coombe Hill, ten miles north-west of Gillingham and twelve miles south-west of Frome in the South Somerset district. The town has a... (Sexey’s School) |
Somerset Somerset The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the... |
| 18-07-1955 | 241.3 | 9.5 | Upwey Upwey, Dorset Upwey is a village in south Dorset, England. The village is situated on the A354 road in the Wey valley and has been absorbed into the Weymouth built-up area and is four miles north of the town centre in the outer suburbs... (Friar Waddon) |
Dorset |
| 18-08-1924 | 238.8 | 9.4 | Cannington Cannington, Somerset Cannington is a village and civil parish north-west of Bridgwater in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England. It lies on the west bank of the River Parret, and contains the hamlet of Edstock.-History:... (Brymore) |
Somerset |
| 17-01-1974 | 238.4 | 9.4 | Loch Sloy Loch Sloy Loch Sloy was a Scottish sailing barque that operated between Great Britain and Australia from the late 19th century until 1899. Her name was drawn from Loch Sloy, a freshwater lake which lies to the north of the Burgh of Helensburgh, in the region of Argyll and Bute, Scotland.In the early hours of... Main Adit Adit An adit is an entrance to an underground mine which is horizontal or nearly horizontal, by which the mine can be entered, drained of water, and ventilated.-Construction:... |
Strathclyde Strathclyde right|thumb|the former Strathclyde regionStrathclyde was one of nine former local government regions of Scotland created by the Local Government Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc Act 1994... |
| 15-08-1952 | 228.6 | 9.0 | Longstone Barrow | Devon Devon Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with... |
| 18-07-1955 | 228.6 | 9.0 | Upwey (Higher Well) | Dorset |
| 22-11-1908 | 217.9 | 8.6 | Snowdon Snowdon Snowdon is the highest mountain in Wales, at an altitude of above sea level, and the highest point in the British Isles outside Scotland. It is located in Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, and has been described as "probably the busiest mountain in Britain"... (Llyn Llydaw Llyn Llydaw Llyn Llydaw is a lake in Snowdonia National Park on the flanks of Snowdon, Wales' highest mountain. This long thin lake has formed in a cwm about one-third of the way up the mountain.... Copper Mill) |
Caernarvonshire |
| 28-06-1917 | 215.4 | 8.5 | Bruton (King’s School) | Somerset |
| 28-06-1917 | 213.1 | 8.4 | Aisholt Spaxton Spaxton is a small village and civil parish on the Quantocks in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, South West England.-History:Spaxton was part of the hundred of Cannington.... (Timberscombe) |
Somerset |
| 11-11-1929 | 211.1 | 8.3 | Rhondda Rhondda Rhondda , or the Rhondda Valley , is a former coal mining valley in Wales, formerly a local government district, consisting of 16 communities built around the River Rhondda. The valley is made up of two valleys, the larger Rhondda Fawr valley and the smaller Rhondda Fach valley... (Lluest-wen Reservoir) |
Glamorgan Glamorgan Glamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It was originally an early medieval kingdom of varying boundaries known as Glywysing until taken over by the Normans as a lordship. Glamorgan is latterly represented by the three... |
| 18-07-1955 | 211.1 | 8.3 | Upwey (Elwell) | Dorset |
| 11-10-1916 | 208.3 | 8.2 | Loch Quoich Loch Quoich Loch Quoich is a loch and reservoir situated west of Loch Garry approximately 40k m northwest of Fort William, Lochaber, Scotland... (Kinlochquoich) |
Inverness-shire Inverness-shire The County of Inverness or Inverness-shire was a general purpose county of Scotland, with the burgh of Inverness as the county town, until 1975, when, under the Local Government Act 1973, the county area was divided between the two-tier Highland region and the unitary Western Isles. The Highland... |
| 12-11-1897 | 204.0 | 8.0 | Seathwaite | Cumberland |
| 08-06-1957 | 203.2 | 8.0 | Camelford Camelford Camelford is a town and civil parish in north Cornwall, United Kingdom, situated in the River Camel valley northwest of Bodmin Moor. The town is approximately ten miles north of Bodmin and is governed by Camelford Town Council.... (Roughtor View) |
Cornwall Cornwall Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of... |
| 28-06-1917 | 200.7 | 7.9 | Bruton (Pitcombe Vicarage) | Somerset |
| 18-07-1955 | 200.7 | 7.9 | Wynford House | Dorset |
| 16-08-2004 | 200.7 | 7.9 | Otterham Otterham Otterham is a village and a civil parish in north Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village is situated approximately ten miles south of Bude and six miles north of Camelford.... , near Boscastle Boscastle flood of 2004 The Boscastle flood of 2004 occurred on Monday, 16 August 2004 in the two villages of Boscastle and Crackington Haven in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The villages suffered extensive damage after flash floods caused by an exceptional amount of rain that fell over eight hours that afternoon... |
Cornwall |