This was a classic North York Moors deluge with Low pressure settling into the southern North Sea introducing a strong NE wind carrying huge amounts of water in from the sea.
As this airmass hits the moors and is forced upwards it rained heavily for many hours.
At Westerdale we got off relatively lightly compared to near the coast.
My gauge counted over 50mm but I discovered due to leaves and other debris it had become blocked I estimate at least 10mm was not counted.
The river here was high but not outrageously high partly as it had been relatively dry for the month to that point.
The most severe flood for many years occurred on 30th October 2000 when at Castleton the Esk peaked at over 3.6metres this year it only reached about 3m briefly at 1am on 28th.
The next day improved considerable but there will still some blustery showers and much lower temperatures.
Further down the Esk fields by the river were severely flooded more so than for several years.
The coastal becks e.g. Loftus and Roxby all went very high too.
Photos me/Harry Scott/castleton facebook/
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