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How much rain fell in Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Darwen, heaviest in the hour to Tue 02:00 (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 Darwen | 0.0km | 4.7mm | 73.0mm | 171.4mm | 7.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Bolton nr Bolton | 6.9km | 5.0mm | 82.3mm | 181.7mm | 9.7mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Haslingden nr Haslingden | 8.8km | 6.8mm | 66.6mm | 156.0mm | 7.8mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 29.3mm.
22 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Darwen, against a full-month average of 22.2 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 971 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 989 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 8 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (1,782 mm). Driest: 2013 (978 mm). Average: 1,299 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 8 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.
Darwen gets about 1,368 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 156 mm; driest April, 79 mm). That is wetter 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), 0.5 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: Hardman Way, 1.4 km away: 0.16 m Falling slightly ▼.
Every gauge on the River Darwen →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Darwen's monitored area.
34 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Darwen's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 32 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: © 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 Lancashire, England
Darwen is a market town and civil parish in the Blackburn with Darwen borough of Lancashire, England. The residents of the town are known as "Darreners". The town lies on the River Darwen, which flows from south to north and is seen in parks in the town centre. The A666 road passes through Darwen towards Blackburn to the north, Bolton to the south and Pendlebury, where it joins the A6, about 18 miles (29 km) north-west of Manchester. The population of Darwen stood at 28,124 in the 2021 census. It comprises four wards and has its own town council.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.9mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of Darwen.
October so far: 143.9mm vs 145.4mm October average — 1% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Darwen is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Darwen's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
22 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Darwen, against a full-month average of 22.2 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,782 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,299 mm a year. The driest was 2013, with 978 mm.
31 Dec 2024: 69.3 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 90.0 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 Darwen's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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