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The past seven days

Your farming week

20 Oct–26 October 2026 · today so far

Rain recorded, the changing weather outlook, and local soil readings.

North England / Yorkshire

Measured rain

10.3 mm

The highest of the latest local 24-hour readings: Cockle Park.

24 Oct 01:00–25 Oct 01:00 UK time. Not a regional weekly total.

Highest hourly rain chance in these forecasts

98%

Northumberland · 23 Oct

A forecast probability, not a record of rain falling.

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Rain actually recorded

Latest complete 24-hour reading at each local gauge within these dates. COSMOS-UK readings are provisional. The periods are shown for comparison; they are not added into a weekly total.

Cockle Park

10.3 mm

24 Oct 01:00–25 Oct 01:00
UK time

Spen Farm

0.0 mm

25 Oct 01:00–26 Oct 00:00
UK time

Soil moisture at local sites

Latest dated readings within the week. Provisional site measurements; they do not establish whether a field is fit to travel.

Cockle Park

31.7%

Water content by volume
20 Oct · provisional

Spen Farm

31.2%

Water content by volume
20 Oct · provisional

The weather outlook, day by day

Each entry covers the six forecast hours shown. Earlier dates use the morning outlook; the final date shows its latest available outlook. These are not daily rainfall totals or measured weather.

Tue 20 Oct

Morning outlook · 20 Oct 09:00–20 Oct 14:00 UK time

0.0–0.6 mm forecast rain across the places below.

Highest hourly rain chance
14–58%
Forecast temperature range
11–13°C
See the local differences

Northumberland
0.6 mm forecast rain · 58% highest hourly chance
Peak forecast gust 20 mph

Vale of Mowbray
0.0 mm forecast rain · 14% highest hourly chance
Peak forecast gust 22 mph

East Yorkshire
0.0 mm forecast rain · 48% highest hourly chance
Peak forecast gust 26 mph

Wed 21 Oct

Morning outlook · 21 Oct 09:00–21 Oct 14:00 UK time

0.0–0.0 mm forecast rain across the places below.

Highest hourly rain chance
10–17%
Forecast temperature range
9–13°C
See the local differences

Northumberland
0.0 mm forecast rain · 10% highest hourly chance
Peak forecast gust 15 mph

Vale of Mowbray
0.0 mm forecast rain · 17% highest hourly chance
Peak forecast gust 18 mph

East Yorkshire
0.0 mm forecast rain · 11% highest hourly chance
Peak forecast gust 18 mph

Thu 22 Oct

Morning outlook · 22 Oct 09:00–22 Oct 14:00 UK time

0.0–0.3 mm forecast rain across the places below.

Highest hourly rain chance
11–55%
Forecast temperature range
6–11°C
See the local differences

Northumberland
0.0 mm forecast rain · 11% highest hourly chance
Peak forecast gust 26 mph

Vale of Mowbray
0.0 mm forecast rain · 32% highest hourly chance
Peak forecast gust 17 mph

East Yorkshire
0.3 mm forecast rain · 55% highest hourly chance
Peak forecast gust 19 mph

Fri 23 Oct

Morning outlook · 23 Oct 09:00–23 Oct 14:00 UK time

0.0–8.5 mm forecast rain across the places below.

Highest hourly rain chance
15–98%
Forecast temperature range
9–13°C
See the local differences

Northumberland
8.5 mm forecast rain · 98% highest hourly chance
Peak forecast gust 24 mph

Vale of Mowbray
0.0 mm forecast rain · 15% highest hourly chance
Peak forecast gust 15 mph

East Yorkshire
1.0 mm forecast rain · 88% highest hourly chance
Peak forecast gust 11 mph

Sat 24 Oct

Morning outlook · 24 Oct 09:00–24 Oct 14:00 UK time

0.6–1.4 mm forecast rain across the places below.

Highest hourly rain chance
88–95%
Forecast temperature range
5–9°C
See the local differences

Northumberland
0.7 mm forecast rain · 88% highest hourly chance
Peak forecast gust 36 mph

Vale of Mowbray
0.6 mm forecast rain · 92% highest hourly chance
Peak forecast gust 35 mph

East Yorkshire
1.4 mm forecast rain · 95% highest hourly chance
Peak forecast gust 31 mph

Sun 25 Oct

Morning outlook · 25 Oct 09:00–25 Oct 14:00 UK time

0.1–0.7 mm forecast rain across the places below.

Highest hourly rain chance
32–51%
Forecast temperature range
9–11°C
See the local differences

Northumberland
0.7 mm forecast rain · 51% highest hourly chance
Peak forecast gust 61 mph

Vale of Mowbray
0.4 mm forecast rain · 51% highest hourly chance
Peak forecast gust 45 mph

East Yorkshire
0.1 mm forecast rain · 32% highest hourly chance
Peak forecast gust 55 mph

Mon 26 Oct · today

Latest outlook · 26 Oct 21:00–27 Oct 02:00 UK time

0.0–0.2 mm forecast rain across the places below.

Highest hourly rain chance
6–61%
Forecast temperature range
14–16°C
See the local differences

Northumberland
0.2 mm forecast rain · 61% highest hourly chance
Peak forecast gust 37 mph

Vale of Mowbray
0.0 mm forecast rain · 12% highest hourly chance
Peak forecast gust 38 mph

East Yorkshire
0.0 mm forecast rain · 6% highest hourly chance
Peak forecast gust 41 mph

Sources and what the figures mean

Weather forecasts: Met Office. Each rain amount adds six hourly forecast amounts; the chance shown is the highest single-hour probability. The final date uses its latest outlook, so it is not a like-for-like morning trend. Missing dates remain unavailable.

Measured rainfall: Environment Agency real-time data API (Beta) in East of England; COSMOS-UK daily precipitation at the named sites in other regions. COSMOS-UK measurements are provisional. Each gauge amount covers its own stated complete 24-hour period; overlapping periods are never added together.

Soil moisture: COSMOS-UK, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, supported by NERC through UK-SCAPE (NE/R016429/1). Readings are provisional and represent each monitoring site's footprint, not a regional soil average.

Prepared 26 Oct 2026 20:00 UK time.

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