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How much rain fell in Preston, 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 Preston (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 Preston | 0.1km | 1.2mm | 47.8mm | – | 4.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Grimsargh nr Grimsargh | 5.6km | 0.4mm | 53.6mm | 137.8mm | 5.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Newton-with-Scales nr Newton-with-Scales | 8.5km | 1.9mm | 47.3mm | 97.7mm | 4.1mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 21.7mm.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Preston, against a full-month average of 21.5 rain days (based on 26 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 753 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 805 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 6% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 4 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (1,338 mm). Driest: 2013 (784 mm). Average: 1,059 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 4 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.
Preston gets about 1,057 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 121 mm; driest April, 56 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), 1.7 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: Penwortham, 2.8 km away: 2.77 m Falling ▼.
Every gauge on the River Ribble →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Preston's monitored area.
58 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Preston's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 48 report not discharging, 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 in Lancashire, England
Preston is a city on the north bank of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England. The city is the administrative centre of the county of Lancashire and the wider City of Preston local government district. Preston and its surrounding district obtained city status in 2002, becoming England's 50th city in the 50th year of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. Preston had a population of 147,835 at the 2021 census, the City of Preston district 156,411 in 2023 and the Preston Built-up Area 313,322. The Preston Travel To Work Area had a population of 420,661 in 2011, compared with 354,000 at the previous census. The south bank of the Ribble is part of the Preston urban area, although it forms the South Ribble borough that is administratively separate.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.3mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Preston.
October so far: 114.5mm vs 119.5mm October average — 4% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Preston is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Preston's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Preston, against a full-month average of 21.5 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,338 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,059 mm a year. The driest was 2013, with 784 mm.
31 Dec 2024: 62.2 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 73.6 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 Preston's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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