Environment Agency121WAF924North East

Upper River Tees: flood history since 2011

The Environment Agency has issued 108 flood alerts for Upper River Tees since 8 Dec 2011, most often in December; the busiest year was 2024 (14).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: Upper River Tees
Code: 121WAF924
Environment Agency area: North East
County: County Durham, Darlington, North Yorkshire, Westmorland and Furness
River or sea: River Tees
First in the history: 8 Dec 2011
Latest in the history file: 24 Mar 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.

2024 was the busiest year for Upper River Tees

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
2025	11	0	0
2024	14	0	0
2023	9	0	0
2022	2	0	0
2021	2	0	0
2020	3	0	0
2019	7	0	0
2018	5	0	0
2017	9	0	0
2016	7	0	0
2015	10	0	0
2014	4	0	0
2013	13	0	0
2012	9	0	0
2011	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 December

All alerts and warnings since 2011 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.