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How much rain fell in Tintwistle, Derbyshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.3mm of rain forecast for the area around Tintwistle, heaviest in the hour to Tue 02:00 (0.3mm).
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 Tintwistle | 0.1km | 8.9mm | 66.8mm | 158.9mm | 7.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Padfield nr Padfield | 5.2km | 6.5mm | 51.7mm | 125.4mm | 7.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Holmbridge nr Holmbridge | 8.0km | 18.2mm | 85.4mm | 154.2mm | 8.4mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 23.2mm.
22 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Tintwistle, against a full-month average of 22.2 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 917 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 973 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 6% 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 (1,685 mm). Driest: 2003 (916 mm). Average: 1,279 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.
Tintwistle gets about 1,490 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 169 mm; driest May, 89 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), 1.8 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: Woolley Bridge, 7.5 km away: 0.39 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Etherow →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Tintwistle's monitored area.
Village in Derbyshire, England
Tintwistle is a village and civil parish in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England, which had a population of 1,400 at the 2011 census. The village is just north of Glossop at the lower end of Longdendale Valley. Tintwistle, like nearby Crowden and Woodhead, lies within the historic county boundaries of Cheshire.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
11.2mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km of Tintwistle.
October so far: 130.6mm vs 116.8mm October average — 12% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 9 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Tintwistle is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Tintwistle's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
22 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Tintwistle, against a full-month average of 22.2 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,685 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,279 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 916 mm.
31 Dec 2024: 65.9 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 Tintwistle's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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