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How much rain fell in Thorncliffe, Staffordshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.9mm of rain forecast for the area around Thorncliffe, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (0.8mm).
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 Staffordshire Moorlands nr Staffordshire Moorlands | 0.0km | 35.4mm | 50.8mm | 109.9mm | 9.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Rushton Spencer nr Rushton Spencer | 8.2km | 18.0mm | 35.8mm | 113.5mm | 9.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Biddulph nr Biddulph | 9.8km | 25.6mm | 48.2mm | 104.8mm | 6.2mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 27.9mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Staffordshire Moorlands, against a full-month average of 21.1 rain days (based on 19 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 796 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 831 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 (1,404 mm). Driest: 2003 (801 mm). Average: 1,086 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.
Thorncliffe gets about 999 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 108 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), 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
Nearest gauge on it: Hug Bridge, 8.2 km away: 0.48 m Rising ▲.
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 Thorncliffe's monitored area.
7 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Thorncliffe's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 6 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: © 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.
Thorncliffe is a small village in Staffordshire, England, straddling the Staffordshire Moorlands and Peak District National Park. By 1600 the name Thorncliffe had replaced the settlement's earlier name, Thorntileg, meaning "clearing in thorn trees". The nearest towns to the village are Leek, Buxton and Macclesfield.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
27.9mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km of Thorncliffe.
October so far: 118.2mm vs 107.9mm October average — 10% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Staffordshire Moorlands is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Thorncliffe's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Staffordshire Moorlands, against a full-month average of 21.1 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,404 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,086 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 801 mm.
20 Sep 2018: 56.9 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 73.4 mm at one of them, during Storm Bronagh. 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 Thorncliffe's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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