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How much rain fell in Chadderton, Greater Manchester? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.7mm of rain forecast for the area around Chadderton, heaviest in the hour to Tue 03:00 (0.5mm).
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 Chadderton | 0.0km | 4.6mm | 39.0mm | 99.6mm | 6.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Prestwich nr Prestwich | 6.7km | 5.4mm | 57.0mm | 132.4mm | 7.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Audenshaw nr Audenshaw | 8.6km | 4.2mm | 36.4mm | 98.0mm | 6.1mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 24.0mm.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Chadderton, against a full-month average of 22.8 rain days (based on 6 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 803 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 880 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 9% drier.
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 (1,445 mm). Driest: 2003 (870 mm). Average: 1,145 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.
Chadderton gets about 1,032 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 112 mm; driest April, 64 mm). That is close to 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), 2.5 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: Manchester Racecourse, 8.2 km away: 1.56 m Rising ▲.
Every gauge on the River Irwell →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Chadderton's monitored area.
72 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Chadderton's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 68 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
Chadderton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, on the River Irk and Rochdale Canal. It is located in the foothills of the Pennines, 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Oldham, 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Rochdale and 6 miles (9.7 km) north-east of Manchester. The town is near the A627(M) motorway.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
7.1mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Chadderton.
October so far: 123.1mm vs 115.7mm October average — 6% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Chadderton is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Chadderton'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 Chadderton, against a full-month average of 22.8 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,445 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,145 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 870 mm.
31 Dec 2024: 77.5 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 Chadderton's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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