Environment Agency122FWC030Yorkshire
North Sea at Staithes: flood history since 2013
The Environment Agency has issued 12 flood warnings for North Sea at Staithes since 5 Dec 2013, most often in September; the busiest year was 2013 (2).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- North Sea at Staithes
- Code
- 122FWC030
- Environment Agency area
- Yorkshire
- County
- North Yorkshire
- River or sea
- North Sea
- First in the history
- 5 Dec 2013
- Latest in the history file
- 22 Aug 2024
- Current status
- check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk (the Environment Agency's live page)
Flood alert, flood warning, severe flood warning: what each means
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
How many alerts and warnings a year?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 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.
When in the year?
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.
Before July 2026: the latest in the history file
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 22 Aug 2024 | Flood warning |
| 8 Apr 2024 | Flood warning |
| 29 Sep 2023 | Flood warning |
| 27 Nov 2021 | Flood warning |
| 6 Nov 2021 | Flood warning |
| 9 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 30 Sep 2019 | Flood warning |
| 29 Sep 2019 | Flood warning |
| 12 Jan 2017 | Flood warning |
| 4 Jan 2014 | Flood warning |
| 5 Dec 2013 | Flood warning |
| 5 Dec 2013 | Flood warning |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.