Environment Agency122WAF982Yorkshire

River Rye Catchment: flood history since 2020

The Environment Agency has issued 76 flood alerts for River Rye Catchment since 25 Aug 2020, most often in November; the busiest year was 2023 (18).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: River Rye Catchment
Code: 122WAF982
Environment Agency area: Yorkshire
County: North Yorkshire
River or sea: River Rye
First in the history: 25 Aug 2020
Latest in the history file: 16 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.

2023 was the busiest year for River Rye Catchment

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	5	0	0
2025	16	0	0
2024	17	0	0
2023	18	0	0
2022	4	0	0
2021	12	0	0
2020	4	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 November

All alerts and warnings since 2020 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.