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How much rain fell in Littleborough, Greater Manchester? 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 Littleborough (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 17:05 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 Littleborough | 0.0km | 3.4mm | 59.2mm | 147.6mm | 7.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ripponden nr Ripponden | 3.7km | 6.8mm | 75.2mm | 167.8mm | 5.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Todmorden nr Todmorden | 7.8km | 6.4mm | 83.2mm | 167.8mm | 5.2mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 28.2mm.
25 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Littleborough, against a full-month average of 23.6 rain days (based on 21 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 948 mm (1 Jan to 27 Oct), against 1,077 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 12% drier.
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 (1,842 mm). Driest: 2003 (1,008 mm). Average: 1,407 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.
Littleborough gets about 1,419 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 167 mm; driest May, 81 mm). That is wetter 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), 0.8 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
Nearest gauge on it: Todmorden Millwood, 6.8 km away: 0.46 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 Littleborough's monitored area.
Town in Rochdale, England
Littleborough is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, in the upper Roch Valley by the foothills of the South Pennines, 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Rochdale and 13 miles (20.9 km) northeast of Manchester; Milnrow and the M62 motorway are to the south, and the rural uplands of Blackstone Edge to the east. According to the 2001 census, Littleborough, and its suburbs of Calderbrook, Shore and Smithy Bridge, had a population of 13,807.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
4.6mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km of Littleborough.
October so far: 147.1mm vs 139.0mm October average — 6% wetter. Figures are the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Littleborough is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Littleborough's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
25 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Littleborough, against a full-month average of 23.6 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,842 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,407 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 1,008 mm.
31 Dec 2024: 80.1 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 Littleborough's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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