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How much rain fell in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester? Daily, weekly and monthly totals from the nearest Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales rain gauges, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.6mm of rain forecast for the area around Chester, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (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 Thornton le Moors nr Thornton le Moors | 9.3km | 32.2mm | 53.4mm | 81.6mm | 6.6mm |
| Northop Raingauge | 16.9km | 30.2mm | 56.6mm | 98.6mm | 2.8mm |
| Mold Raingauge | 17.4km | 32.2mm | 56.0mm | 100.2mm | 4.8mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 32.2mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Thornton le Moors, against a full-month average of 17.5 rain days (based on 26 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 482 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 566 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 15% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the local rain gauge: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2000 (986 mm). Driest: 2011 (548 mm). Average: 738 mm a year.
Daily totals are the local rain gauge, for UTC days. 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.
Chester gets about 729 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 76 mm; driest March, 44 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), 1.1 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: Bridge Trafford, 5.4 km away: 0.50 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Gowy →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Chester's monitored area.
41 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Chester's monitored area. 2 are discharging now, 38 report not discharging, 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: © Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, from its Storm Overflow Map. 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.
City in Cheshire, England
Chester is a cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, very close to the England–Wales border. It had a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, it is the most populous settlement in the borough of Cheshire West and Chester. It is the historic county town of Cheshire and the second-largest settlement in Cheshire after Warrington.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
32.2mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from Rainfall gauge nr Thornton le Moors, the nearest reporting rain gauge to Chester (9.3km away).
October so far: 81.6mm vs 75.4mm October average — 8% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are from Rainfall gauge nr Thornton le Moors.
Rainfall gauge nr Thornton le Moors is the nearest rain gauge, 9.3km from the centre of Chester's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Thornton le Moors, against a full-month average of 17.5 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 986 mm from the local rain gauge, against an average of 738 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 548 mm.
13 Jun 2007: 63.6 mm at the local rain gauge. Records since 1 Jan 2000.
Rainfall data: Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales 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 Chester's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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