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How much rain fell in Manchester, 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 Manchester (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.
Chance of rain in Manchester
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: less than 5% chance of more than 1 mm, less than 5% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: less than 5% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Tue 10 Nov. For the Met Office forecast point under 1 km from Manchester. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | November | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Prestwich nr Prestwich | 6.4km | 0.0mm | 0.7mm | 0.8mm | 0.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Audenshaw nr Audenshaw | 7.6km | 0.0mm | 0.1mm | 55.9mm | 0.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Chadderton nr Chadderton | 8.3km | 0.0mm | 0.0mm | 0.4mm | 0.2mm |
Daily totals 11 Oct–9 Nov. Wettest day: 20.7mm.
2 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this November at Rainfall gauge nr Prestwich, against a full-month average of 22.7 rain days (based on 6 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 782 mm (1 Jan to 9 Nov), against 819 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 5% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 5 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (1,300 mm). Driest: 2010 (708 mm). Average: 990 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 5 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.
Manchester gets about 888 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 94 mm; driest April, 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), 1.3 km from the centre of Manchester. 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: Northenden, 7.8 km away: 0.27 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Mersey →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Manchester.
115 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Manchester. None of the 106 with a live status is discharging right now, and 9 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: © 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.
City and metropolitan borough in England
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in North West England, at the centre of the eponymous county of Greater Manchester. It had a population of over 589,000 in 2024. It borders the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the city of Salford to the west. The two cities and the surrounding towns form one of the United Kingdom's most populous conurbations, the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, which has a population of 2.87 million.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (9 Nov 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Manchester.
November so far: 11.9mm vs 95.8mm November average — 88% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 10 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Prestwich is the nearest rain gauge, 6.4km from the centre of Manchester. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
2 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this November at Rainfall gauge nr Prestwich, against a full-month average of 22.7 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,300 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 990 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 708 mm.
31 Dec 2024: 74.2 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 81.4 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 Manchester — local rainfall can vary over short distances. The centre of Manchester 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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