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How much rain fell in Scholar Green, Cheshire East? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.6mm of rain forecast for the area around Scholar Green, heaviest in the hour to 18:00 (1.8mm).
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 The Bank nr The Bank | 0.1km | 23.2mm | 44.4mm | 102.8mm | 4.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Biddulph nr Biddulph | 4.7km | 25.6mm | 48.2mm | 104.4mm | 5.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Rushton Spencer nr Rushton Spencer | 10.0km | 18.0mm | 35.8mm | 113.1mm | 8.9mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 25.6mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr The Bank, against a full-month average of 20.4 rain days (based on 19 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 666 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 742 mm by the same date in an average year (2005–2025) — 10% 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: 2024 (1,433 mm). Driest: 2010 (727 mm). Average: 962 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.
Scholar Green gets about 861 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 89 mm; driest March, 57 mm). That is drier 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), 2.4 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: Congleton Park, 5.8 km away: 0.21 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 Scholar Green's monitored area.
19 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Scholar Green's monitored area. 3 are discharging now, 14 report not discharging, and 2 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. Live status: © Severn Trent 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 Cheshire, England
Scholar Green is a village in the civil parish of Odd Rode, in Cheshire, England. Encompassing the smaller settlements of Kent Green and The Bank, it is situated on the A34 near Mow Cop, Alsager, Rode Heath, Butt Lane and Kidsgrove and in the unitary authority area of Cheshire East.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
25.6mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Scholar Green.
October so far: 107.4mm vs 100.3mm October average — 7% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr The Bank is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Scholar Green's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr The Bank, against a full-month average of 20.4 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2005, with 1,433 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 962 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 727 mm.
25 Oct 2019: 60.3 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 63.2 mm at one of them. Records since 5 Mar 2003.
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 Scholar Green's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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