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How much rain fell in Banks, Lancashire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 3.0mm of rain forecast for the area around Banks, heaviest in the hour to Wed 07:00 (0.7mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 11:05 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 Banks | 0.0km | 4.2mm | 56.8mm | 96.2mm | 1.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Newton-with-Scales nr Newton-with-Scales | 10.9km | 4.1mm | 50.1mm | 99.8mm | 2.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Fylde nr Fylde | 12.1km | 3.6mm | 63.4mm | 122.0mm | 1.4mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 21.6mm.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Banks, against a full-month average of 21.4 rain days (based on 12 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 637 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 716 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 11% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 5 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (1,239 mm). Driest: 2013 (699 mm). Average: 933 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 5 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.
Banks gets about 877 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 99 mm; driest April, 48 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), 1.8 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Banks's monitored area.
8 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Banks's monitored area. None of the 7 with a live status is discharging right now, and 1 has 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.
Village in Lancashire, England
Banks is a coastal village in the civil parish of North Meols, in the West Lancashire district, in Lancashire, England, south of the Ribble estuary four miles (6 km) north-east of Southport town centre. In 2021 it had a population of 4430. It is in the Southport parliamentary constituency.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
4.3mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Banks.
October so far: 107.6mm vs 103.1mm October average — 4% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Banks is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Banks's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Banks, against a full-month average of 21.4 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,239 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 933 mm a year. The driest was 2013, with 699 mm.
24 Sep 2012: 51.5 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 62.6 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 Banks's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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