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How much rain fell in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire? 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 Huddersfield (under 0.2mm).
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 | November | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Farnley Tyas nr Farnley Tyas | 4.4km | 0.0mm | 3.5mm | 3.5mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ripponden nr Ripponden | 9.5km | 0.0mm | 4.1mm | 4.2mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Heckmondwike nr Heckmondwike | 9.6km | 0.0mm | 3.4mm | 3.4mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 11 Oct–9 Nov. Wettest day: 24.0mm.
3 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this November at Rainfall gauge nr Farnley Tyas, against a full-month average of 21.6 rain days (based on 20 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 905 mm (1 Jan to 9 Nov), against 975 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 7% 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 (1,626 mm). Driest: 2003 (787 mm). Average: 1,197 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
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.
Huddersfield gets about 976 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 111 mm; driest May, 62 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), 2.2 km from the centre of Huddersfield. 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: Heaton Lodge, 5.4 km away: 0.23 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 Huddersfield.
83 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Huddersfield. None of the 78 with a live status is discharging right now, and 5 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
Huddersfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district, in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into the similar-sized Colne is to the south of the town centre, which then flows into the Calder in the north-eastern outskirts of the town.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (9 Nov 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Huddersfield.
November so far: 4.1mm vs 123.9mm November average — 97% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 10 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Farnley Tyas is the nearest rain gauge, 4.4km from the centre of Huddersfield. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
3 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this November at Rainfall gauge nr Farnley Tyas, against a full-month average of 21.6 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,626 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,197 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 787 mm.
31 Dec 2024: 74.7 mm on average across 6 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 Huddersfield — local rainfall can vary over short distances. The centre of Huddersfield is the Ordnance Survey Open Names point for the city or town. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (OGL v3.0).
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