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How much rain fell in Audenshaw, Greater Manchester? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: little or no rain forecast for the area around Audenshaw (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 17:05 UK time. It is a forecast, not a measurement, and not a Met Office forecast. Weather data by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Daily totals for UK days from the same computer model; "dry" means under 0.2mm. Forecasts further ahead are less certain.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Audenshaw | 0.1km | 6.1mm | 41.4mm | 100.4mm | 2.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Chadderton nr Chadderton | 8.6km | 6.4mm | 43.8mm | 108.6mm | 9.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Oldham nr Oldham | 11.7km | 8.2mm | 50.0mm | 126.8mm | 4.8mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 22.5mm.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Audenshaw, against a full-month average of 20.1 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 780 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 802 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 6 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (1,325 mm). Driest: 2010 (758 mm). Average: 1,032 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 6 local rain gauges, for UTC days; one gauge can catch much more than the average. A storm's figure adds up the rain measured on its dates, from our list of Met Office named storms and major floods — other weather on those days counts too.
Audenshaw gets about 978 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 106 mm; driest April, 61 mm). That is drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year.
Monthly averages in mm. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.2 km from the town's gauge centre. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. UK comparison: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, 1991-2020, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Rain gauge River gauge Storm overflow Discharging now
Nearest gauge on it: Brinksway, 6.3 km away: 0.77 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Mersey →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Audenshaw's monitored area.
75 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Audenshaw's monitored area. 2 are discharging now, 70 report not discharging, and 3 have no current status.
Event Duration Monitors show when an overflow may be spilling; they do not confirm it, and this is not advice on water quality. A live status older than two hours counts as no current status. Live status: © United Utilities storm overflow activity data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Annual spill figures: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring return, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, Open Government Licence (OGL) v3.0.
Town in Greater Manchester, England
Audenshaw is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. It lies east of Gorton, in the City of Manchester, and 4.9 miles (7.9 km) east of Manchester city centre. Historically part of Lancashire, in 2011 it had a population of 11,419.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
7.0mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Audenshaw.
October so far: 118.6mm vs 107.3mm October average — 11% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Audenshaw is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Audenshaw's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Audenshaw, against a full-month average of 20.1 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,325 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,032 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 758 mm.
31 Dec 2024: 70.4 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 81.8 mm at one of them. Records since 1 Jan 2000.
Rainfall data: Environment Agency rain gauges, synced every 15 minutes. Daily totals are computed overnight (UTC days); "today so far" is live. Gauge distances are straight-line from the centre of Audenshaw's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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