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How much rain fell in Morecambe, Lancashire? 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 Morecambe (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.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Morecambe | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 45.3mm | 121.7mm | 6.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Galgate nr Galgate | 8.2km | 0.4mm | 48.3mm | 134.9mm | 6.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Over Kellet nr Over Kellet | 12.1km | 1.4mm | 38.0mm | 117.0mm | 6.0mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 21.9mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Morecambe, against a full-month average of 19.0 rain days (based on 1 months of records at this gauge).
The rain gauges near Morecambe 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.
Daily totals are the average of 3 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.
Morecambe gets about 1,028 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 113 mm; driest April, 57 mm). That is close to 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), 1.5 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
Nearest gauge on it: Lancaster Quay, 3.1 km away: 2.23 m Falling ▼.
Every gauge on the River Lune →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Morecambe's monitored area.
14 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Morecambe's monitored area. None of the 14 with a live status is discharging right 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: © 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 Lancashire, England
Morecambe is a seaside town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England, on Morecambe Bay, part of the Irish Sea. In 2021, the parish had a population of 34,590.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.6mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Morecambe.
October so far: 124.5mm vs 130.3mm October average — 4% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Morecambe is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Morecambe's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Morecambe, against a full-month average of 19.0 rain days.
31 Dec 2024: 48.5 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 55.3 mm at one of them. Records since 28 Feb 2019.
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 Morecambe's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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