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How much rain fell in Holmbridge, West Yorkshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.3mm of rain forecast for the area around Holmbridge, heaviest in the hour to 03:00 (0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated Mon 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 Holmbridge | 0.0km | 8.4mm | 79.4mm | 154.2mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Farnley Tyas nr Farnley Tyas | 7.0km | 3.3mm | 59.5mm | 114.4mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Tintwistle nr Tintwistle | 7.9km | 7.8mm | 62.7mm | 158.9mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 24.0mm.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Holmbridge, against a full-month average of 21.2 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 923 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 959 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 (1,663 mm). Driest: 2003 (886 mm). Average: 1,260 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.
Holmbridge gets about 1,322 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 165 mm; driest May, 84 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), 1.5 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: Marsden, 8.7 km away: 0.38 m Steady.
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 Holmbridge's monitored area.
16 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Holmbridge's monitored area. None of the 13 with a live status is discharging right now, and 3 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.
Village in West Yorkshire, England
Holmbridge is a small village on the A6024 about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the southwest of Holmfirth and about 8 miles (13 km) south of Huddersfield, in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the parish of Holme Valley and the metropolitan borough of Kirklees.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
6.4mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of Holmbridge.
October so far: 131.4mm vs 119.8mm October average — 10% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Holmbridge is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Holmbridge's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Holmbridge, against a full-month average of 21.2 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,663 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,260 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 886 mm.
31 Dec 2024: 73.2 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 Holmbridge's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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