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How much rain fell in Marsden, 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 Marsden (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 05:05 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 Marsden | 0.0km | 6.6mm | 71.4mm | 156.2mm | 4.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ripponden (north-west) nr Ripponden | 7.0km | 8.0mm | 75.3mm | 160.2mm | 4.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ripponden (north) nr Ripponden | 7.2km | 5.1mm | 54.5mm | 121.4mm | 3.7mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 24.7mm.
22 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Marsden, against a full-month average of 22.3 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 956 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 990 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
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 (1,730 mm). Driest: 2003 (936 mm). Average: 1,299 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.
Marsden gets about 1,480 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 175 mm; driest May, 89 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), 2.8 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 Storm overflow Discharging now
Nearest gauge on it: Marsden, 1.0 km away: 0.39 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Colne →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Marsden's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Marsden's monitored area. 1 is discharging now.
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.
Village in West Yorkshire, England
Marsden is a large village in the Colne Valley, in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It is in the South Pennines close to the Peak District which lies to the south. The village is 7 miles (11 km) west of Huddersfield at the confluence of the River Colne and Wessenden Brook. It was an important centre for the production of woollen cloth. In 2021, the village had a population of 3,692.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
6.9mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km of Marsden.
October so far: 140.3mm vs 125.5mm October average — 12% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Marsden is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Marsden'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 Marsden, against a full-month average of 22.3 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,730 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,299 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 936 mm.
31 Dec 2024: 81.8 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 Marsden's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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