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How much rain fell in Great Harwood, 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 Great Harwood (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated Wed 23:05 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 Great Harwood | 0.0km | 3.7mm | 45.7mm | 117.2mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Rossendale nr Rossendale | 8.4km | 3.1mm | 65.0mm | 147.1mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Pendleton nr Pendleton | 9.4km | 7.2mm | 63.3mm | 144.0mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 29 Sep–28 Oct. Wettest day: 26.8mm.
24 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Great Harwood, against a full-month average of 22.0 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 960 mm (1 Jan to 28 Oct), against 1,013 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 5% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 7 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (1,693 mm). Driest: 2013 (961 mm). Average: 1,311 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 7 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.
Great Harwood gets about 1,173 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 141 mm; driest April, 65 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), 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
Nearest gauge on it: New Jumbles Rock, 5.2 km away: 0.86 m Falling ▼.
Every gauge on the River Ribble →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Great Harwood's monitored area.
34 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Great Harwood's monitored area. None of the 34 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.
Town in Lancashire, England
Great Harwood is a town in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England, located 5 miles (8.0 km) north east of Blackburn and adjacent to the Ribble Valley. Great Harwood is part of the "Three Towns" conurbation along with the towns of Clayton-le-Moors and Rishton. In 2001, the town had a population of 11,220, which decreased to 10,800 at the census of 2011.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
4.5mm of rain fell yesterday (28 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Great Harwood.
October so far: 147.0mm vs 140.2mm October average — 5% wetter. Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Great Harwood is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Great Harwood's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
24 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Great Harwood, against a full-month average of 22.0 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,693 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,311 mm a year. The driest was 2013, with 961 mm.
25 Dec 2015: 72.2 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 85.4 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 Great Harwood's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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