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How much rain fell in Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough, Cheshire East? 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 Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated Thu 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 Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 68.8mm | 191.8mm | 0.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Langley nr Langley | 5.3km | 0.0mm | 49.5mm | 146.2mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Hollinsclough nr Hollinsclough | 8.3km | 0.0mm | 52.6mm | 127.0mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 30 Sep–29 Oct. Wettest day: 21.0mm.
24 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough, against a full-month average of 23.4 rain days (based on 22 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 848 mm (1 Jan to 29 Oct), against 880 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 7 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2024 (1,458 mm). Driest: 2003 (806 mm). Average: 1,118 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 7 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.
Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough gets about 1,406 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 154 mm; driest May, 87 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), 2.4 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: Burlington Road, 5.3 km away: 0.55 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Wye →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough's monitored area.
Civil parish in Cheshire, England
Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies on the western fringe of the Peak District National park. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 189.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (29 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough.
October so far: 141.7mm vs 113.6mm October average — 25% wetter. Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
24 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough, against a full-month average of 23.4 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,458 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,118 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 806 mm.
27 Jul 2013: 54.2 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 72.2 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 Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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