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How much rain fell in Timbercliffe, Greater Manchester? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 3.8mm of rain forecast for the area around Timbercliffe, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (3.6mm).
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 Littleborough nr Littleborough | 0.1km | 9.8mm | 34.8mm | 111.0mm | 14.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ripponden nr Ripponden | 3.7km | 11.6mm | 39.1mm | 124.4mm | 16.5mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Todmorden nr Todmorden | 7.7km | 7.4mm | 24.2mm | 123.0mm | 29.6mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 24.4mm.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Littleborough, against a full-month average of 23.6 rain days (based on 21 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 896 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 1,054 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 15% drier.
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: 2012 (1,842 mm). Driest: 2003 (1,008 mm). Average: 1,407 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.
Timbercliffe gets about 1,419 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 167 mm; driest May, 81 mm). That is wetter 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), 0.9 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: Todmorden Millwood, 6.8 km away: 1.40 m Rising ▲.
Every gauge on the River Calder →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Timbercliffe's monitored area.
8.1mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km of Timbercliffe.
October so far: 108.8mm vs 139.0mm October average — 22% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Littleborough is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Timbercliffe's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Littleborough, against a full-month average of 23.6 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,842 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,407 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 1,008 mm.
31 Dec 2024: 80.1 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 105.4 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 Timbercliffe's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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