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How much rain fell in Prestwich, Greater Manchester? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.7mm of rain forecast for the area around Prestwich, heaviest in the hour to Wed 09:00 (1.1mm).
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 Prestwich | 0.0km | 7.9mm | 64.0mm | 136.2mm | 3.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Bolton nr Bolton | 5.8km | 7.7mm | 64.5mm | 130.7mm | 0.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Chadderton nr Chadderton | 6.7km | 6.4mm | 43.8mm | 108.6mm | 9.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 22.2mm.
23 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Prestwich, against a full-month average of 20.6 rain days (based on 6 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 811 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 833 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 6 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (1,487 mm). Driest: 2010 (778 mm). Average: 1,075 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 6 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.
Prestwich gets about 1,004 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 110 mm; driest April, 62 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), 1.9 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: Littleton Road River, 3.4 km away: 1.20 m Falling ▼.
Every gauge on the River Irwell →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Prestwich's monitored area.
90 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Prestwich's monitored area. None of the 83 with a live status is discharging right now, and 7 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.
Town in Greater Manchester, England
Prestwich is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England, three miles north of Manchester, three miles north of Salford and five miles south of Bury.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
7.0mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Prestwich.
October so far: 124.1mm vs 114.7mm October average — 8% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Prestwich is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Prestwich's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
23 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Prestwich, against a full-month average of 20.6 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,487 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,075 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 778 mm.
31 Dec 2024: 73.4 mm on average across 6 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 Prestwich's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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