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How much rain fell in Blackpool, Lancashire? 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 Blackpool (under 0.2mm).
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 | November | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Fylde nr Fylde | 5.7km | 0.0mm | 0.8mm | 1.0mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Fleetwood nr Fleetwood | 9.9km | 0.0mm | 0.4mm | 0.6mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Wyre nr Wyre | 13.0km | 0.0mm | 1.1mm | 1.2mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 11 Oct–9 Nov. Wettest day: 24.1mm.
4 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this November at Rainfall gauge nr Fylde, against a full-month average of 21.2 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
The rain gauges near Blackpool do not have a long enough daily record yet, so this is the Met Office series for the wider region.
Yearly rainfall 1986–2025, with the dashed line at the 1991–2020 average. Wettest: 2000 (1,691 mm). Driest: 1996 (1,021 mm). Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Blackpool gets about 958 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 111 mm; driest April, 57 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), 1.9 km from the centre of Blackpool. 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 Blackpool.
11 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Blackpool. None of the 11 with a live status is discharging right now.
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.
Coastal town in Lancashire, England
Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately 27 miles (43 km) north of Liverpool and 14 miles (23 km) west of Preston. It is the main settlement in the borough of the same name.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (9 Nov 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Blackpool.
November so far: 0.9mm vs 108.4mm November average — 99% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 10 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Fylde is the nearest rain gauge, 5.7km from the centre of Blackpool. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
4 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this November at Rainfall gauge nr Fylde, against a full-month average of 21.2 rain days.
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 Blackpool — local rainfall can vary over short distances. The centre of Blackpool is the Ordnance Survey Open Names point for the city or town. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (OGL v3.0).
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