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How much rain fell in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Heckmondwike.
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 11:05 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 Heckmondwike | 0.0km | 3.0mm | 31.1mm | 76.3mm | 3.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Tingley nr Tingley | 7.2km | 3.0mm | 31.0mm | 72.1mm | 0.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Pudsey nr Pudsey | 10.3km | 3.6mm | 35.2mm | 77.6mm | 0.6mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 14.0mm.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Heckmondwike, against a full-month average of 18.9 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 586 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 636 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 8% 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 (1,127 mm). Driest: 2003 (550 mm). Average: 814 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.
Heckmondwike gets about 693 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 67 mm; driest May, 46 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), 0.6 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: Dewsbury, 2.4 km away: 1.07 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Calder →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Heckmondwike's monitored area.
53 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Heckmondwike's monitored area. None of the 51 with a live status is discharging right now, and 2 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: © Yorkshire Water 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 West Yorkshire, England
Heckmondwike is a town in the Kirklees district, West Yorkshire, England, 9 miles (14 km) south west of Leeds. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is close to Cleckheaton and Liversedge. It is in the Spen Valley parliamentary constituency, and had an estimated population of 16,986 at the 2011 Census increasing to 18,149 at the 2021 Census. Heckmondwike forms part of the Heavy Woollen District.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
2.9mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Heckmondwike.
October so far: 78.7mm vs 80.7mm October average — 2% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Heckmondwike is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Heckmondwike's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Heckmondwike, against a full-month average of 18.9 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,127 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 814 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 550 mm.
9 Aug 2004: 63.1 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 Heckmondwike's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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