Environment Agency122FWC045Yorkshire
North Sea at Scarborough - Sandside: flood history since 2013
The Environment Agency has issued 39 flood warnings for North Sea at Scarborough - Sandside since 5 Dec 2013, most often in February; the busiest year was 2020 (9).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- North Sea at Scarborough - Sandside
- Code
- 122FWC045
- Environment Agency area
- Yorkshire
- County
- North Yorkshire
- River or sea
- North Sea
- First in the history
- 5 Dec 2013
- Latest in the history file
- 18 Feb 2026
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 18 Feb 2026 | Flood warning |
| 26 Jan 2026 | Flood warning |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Flood warning |
| 30 Dec 2024 | Flood warning |
| 8 Feb 2024 | Flood warning |
| 28 Dec 2023 | Flood warning |
| 13 Nov 2023 | Flood warning |
| 20 Oct 2023 | Flood warning |
| 18 Oct 2023 | Flood warning |
| 14 Jan 2023 | Flood warning |
| 12 Jan 2023 | Flood warning |
| 30 Dec 2022 | 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.