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How much rain fell in Urmston, Greater Manchester? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: little or no rain forecast for the area around Urmston (under 0.2mm).
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 Urmston | 1.2km | 5.5mm | 54.6mm | 106.3mm | 6.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Bolton nr Bolton | 11.0km | 4.4mm | 57.4mm | 130.2mm | 7.7mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Leigh nr Leigh | 11.3km | 2.0mm | 54.8mm | 97.8mm | 5.2mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 21.1mm.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Urmston, against a full-month average of 19.4 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 770 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 767 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 5 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (1,290 mm). Driest: 2010 (708 mm). Average: 988 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 5 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.
Urmston gets about 839 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 89 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), 1.9 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 Storm overflow Discharging now
Nearest gauge on it: Ashton Weir, 1.0 km away: 0.84 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Mersey →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Urmston's monitored area.
51 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Urmston's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 48 report not discharging, and 2 have 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.
Town in Greater Manchester, England
Urmston is a town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 41,731 at the 2021 Census. Historically in Lancashire, it is 5 miles (8.04672 km) southwest of Manchester city centre. The southern boundary is the River Mersey, with Stretford lying to the east and Flixton to the west. Davyhulme lies to the north of the town centre. Urmston covers an area of 4,799 acres.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
4.3mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Urmston.
October so far: 112.9mm vs 99.4mm October average — 14% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Urmston is the nearest rain gauge, 1.2km from the centre of Urmston's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Urmston, against a full-month average of 19.4 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,290 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 988 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 708 mm.
31 Dec 2024: 64.7 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 81.4 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 Urmston's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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