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How much rain fell in Rushton Spencer, Staffordshire? 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 Rushton Spencer (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 17:05 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 Rushton Spencer | 0.0km | 1.8mm | 54.7mm | 133.4mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Biddulph nr Biddulph | 7.9km | 3.4mm | 58.6mm | 124.2mm | 0.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Langley nr Langley | 8.0km | 0.8mm | 53.5mm | 146.2mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 20.0mm.
25 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Rushton Spencer, against a full-month average of 19.7 rain days (based on 19 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 792 mm (1 Jan to 27 Oct), against 827 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: 2024 (1,392 mm). Driest: 2003 (760 mm). Average: 1,055 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.
Rushton Spencer gets about 1,004 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 106 mm; driest April, 65 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), 1.3 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
Nearest gauge on it: Hug Bridge, 0.1 km away: 0.31 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Dane →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Rushton Spencer's monitored area.
Civil parish in Staffordshire, England
Rushton is a civil parish in the Staffordshire Moorlands district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. The parish includes the village of Rushton Spencer, which is about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Leek and 7 miles (11 km) south of Macclesfield, on the A523 road which runs between these towns.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
2.0mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of Rushton Spencer.
October so far: 136.5mm vs 108.9mm October average — 25% wetter. Figures are the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Rushton Spencer is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Rushton Spencer's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
25 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Rushton Spencer, against a full-month average of 19.7 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,392 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,055 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 760 mm.
25 Oct 2019: 56.0 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 63.2 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 Rushton Spencer's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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