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How much rain fell in Kirkby, Liverpool City Region? 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 Kirkby (under 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 Kirkby | 0.0km | 5.3mm | 91.8mm | 146.3mm | 3.7mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ormskirk nr Ormskirk | 11.5km | 4.8mm | 64.4mm | 108.8mm | 0.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Moreton nr Moreton | 13.9km | 4.8mm | 81.1mm | 121.4mm | 1.2mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 23.7mm.
22 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Kirkby, against a full-month average of 18.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
The rain gauges near Kirkby do not have a long enough daily record yet, so this is the Met Office series for the wider region.
Yearly rainfall 1986–2025, with the dashed line at the 1991–2020 average. Wettest: 2000 (1,691 mm). Driest: 1996 (1,021 mm). Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Kirkby gets about 902 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 96 mm; driest March, 54 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), 2.0 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Kirkby's monitored area.
7 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Kirkby's monitored area. None of the 6 with a live status is discharging right now, 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.
Town in Merseyside, England
Kirkby is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. The town, historically in Lancashire, has a size of 4,070 acres (16.5 km2) is 5 miles (8 km) north of Huyton and 6 miles (10 km) north-east of Liverpool. The population in 2016 was 41,495 making it the largest in Knowsley and the 9th biggest settlement in Merseyside.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
5.3mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Kirkby.
October so far: 123.7mm vs 102.4mm October average — 21% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Kirkby is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Kirkby's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
22 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Kirkby, against a full-month average of 18.5 rain days.
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 Kirkby's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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