FloodRadar
Log inCreate free account
FloodRadar
Log inCreate free account
How much rain fell in Diggle, West Yorkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 14.8mm of rain forecast for the area around Diggle, heaviest in the hour to Mon 12:00 (5.8mm).
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 Marsden nr Marsden | 5.1km | 26.2mm | 59.4mm | 144.3mm | 17.7mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ripponden nr Ripponden | 5.3km | 26.0mm | 65.0mm | 147.6mm | 13.7mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Oldham nr Oldham | 5.9km | 21.6mm | 41.8mm | 112.6mm | 5.8mm |
Daily totals 25 Sep–24 Oct. Wettest day: 25.9mm.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Marsden, against a full-month average of 22.3 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 934 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 1,004 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 7% drier.
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 (1,789 mm). Driest: 2003 (990 mm). Average: 1,332 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.
Diggle gets about 1,380 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 157 mm; driest April, 86 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), 3.1 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: Marsden, 5.4 km away: 0.48 m Falling ▼.
Every gauge on the River Colne →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Diggle's monitored area.
7 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Diggle's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 5 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.
24.4mm of rain fell yesterday (24 Oct 2026), from the average of 10 rain gauges within 15km of Diggle.
October so far: 129.7mm vs 129.8mm October average — 0% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 25 days in). Figures are the average of 10 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Marsden is the nearest rain gauge, 5.1km from the centre of Diggle's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Marsden, against a full-month average of 22.3 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,789 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,332 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 990 mm.
31 Dec 2024: 84.2 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 105.4 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 Diggle's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
FloodRadar helper · beta