Environment Agency121WAF923North East

River Skerne: flood history since 2012

The Environment Agency has issued 22 flood alerts for River Skerne since 24 Sep 2012, most often in December; the busiest year was 2023 (5).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: River Skerne
Code: 121WAF923
Environment Agency area: North East
County: County Durham, Darlington
River or sea: River Skerne
First in the history: 24 Sep 2012
Latest in the history file: 6 Jan 2025
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.

2023 was the busiest year for River Skerne

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
2025	1	0	0
2024	1	0	0
2023	5	0	0
2021	4	0	0
2020	1	0	0
2018	1	0	0
2017	1	0	0
2016	2	0	0
2015	3	0	0
2012	3	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 December

All alerts and warnings since 2012 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.