Environment Agency121WAC928North East

Hartlepool to Cowbar: flood history since 2013

The Environment Agency has issued 33 flood alerts for Hartlepool to Cowbar since 4 Dec 2013, most often in January; the busiest year was 2018 (6).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: Hartlepool to Cowbar
Code: 121WAC928
Environment Agency area: North East
County: Hartlepool, North Yorkshire, Redcar and Cleveland
River or sea: North Sea
First in the history: 4 Dec 2013
Latest in the history file: 5 Feb 2026
Current status: check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk (the Environment Agency's live page)

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

2018 was the busiest year for Hartlepool to Cowbar

Flood alerts, flood warnings and severe flood warnings (updates not counted), by year. 2026 runs to the end of June.

The numbers

Year	Alerts	Warnings	Severe
2026	2	0	0
2024	2	0	0
2023	4	0	0
2022	2	0	0
2021	2	0	0
2020	1	0	0
2019	2	0	0
2018	6	0	0
2017	4	0	0
2016	4	0	0
2015	1	0	0
2014	2	0	0
2013	1	0	0

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Most often in January

All alerts and warnings since 2013 by month.

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.