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How much rain fell in St Helens, Liverpool City Region? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.3mm of rain forecast for the area around St Helens, heaviest in the hour to 12:00 (0.4mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated Mon 23:05 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.
Chance of rain in St Helens
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 50% chance of more than 1 mm, 5% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: 80% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 2.1 km from St Helens. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr St Helens | 0.0km | 6.3mm | 75.7mm | 117.7mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Wigan nr Wigan | 10.2km | 6.5mm | 74.1mm | 128.9mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Lathom nr Lathom | 10.4km | 4.7mm | 68.3mm | 110.8mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 24.8mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr St Helens, against a full-month average of 21.2 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 751 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 797 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 6% drier.
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 (1,316 mm). Driest: 2013 (754 mm). Average: 1,030 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.
St Helens gets about 996 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 107 mm; driest April, 61 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), 0.7 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of St Helens's monitored area.
12 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of St Helens's monitored area. None of the 11 with a live status is discharging right now, and 1 has 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.
5.5mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of St Helens.
October so far: 117.6mm vs 106.3mm October average — 11% 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 St Helens is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of St Helens'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 St Helens, against a full-month average of 21.2 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,316 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,030 mm a year. The driest was 2013, with 754 mm.
24 Sep 2012: 53.8 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 62.6 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 St Helens's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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