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How much rain fell in Southport, Lancashire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Yellow Yellow warning of rain
Heavy rain brings a high likelihood of moderate impacts from surface water flooding.
In force until 11pm Sat 24 Oct (UK time). Issued 9:05am Sat 24 Oct by the Met Office.
What to expect
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A Met Office weather warning is in force here: see the warning above.
Next 24 hours: about 2.5mm of rain forecast for the area around Southport, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (1.4mm).
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 Banks nr Banks | 8.5km | 13.4mm | 31.6mm | 87.8mm | 18.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ormskirk nr Ormskirk | 12.2km | 11.2mm | 35.8mm | 96.0mm | 16.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Lathom nr Lathom | 16.0km | 15.3mm | 39.4mm | 97.4mm | 16.1mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 12.3mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Banks, against a full-month average of 21.4 rain days (based on 25 months of records at this gauge).
The rain gauges near Southport 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.
Southport gets about 859 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 95 mm; driest April, 50 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), 2.0 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Southport's monitored area.
9 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Southport's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 8 report not discharging.
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 Merseyside, England
Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. It lies on the West Lancashire coastal plain and the east coast of the Irish Sea, approximately 17 miles (27 km) north of Liverpool and 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Preston. At the 2021 census, Southport had a population of 94,421, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England and the third most populous settlement in the Liverpool City Region.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
12.3mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Southport.
October so far: 91.9mm vs 103.6mm October average — 11% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Banks is the nearest rain gauge, 8.5km from the centre of Southport'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 Banks, against a full-month average of 21.4 rain days.
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 Southport's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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