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How much rain fell in Weir, Lancashire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Weir, heaviest in the hour to Wed 07:00 (0.3mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 05:05 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 Weir | 0.0km | 0.6mm | 64.0mm | 136.8mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Todmorden nr Todmorden | 4.2km | 10.8mm | 82.2mm | 162.2mm | 6.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Whitworth nr Whitworth | 6.2km | 11.8mm | 81.8mm | 159.8mm | 3.4mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 26.3mm.
23 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Weir, against a full-month average of 23.4 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 924 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 1,075 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 14% 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 (1,839 mm). Driest: 2003 (1,027 mm). Average: 1,416 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.
Weir gets about 1,518 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 179 mm; driest May, 86 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), 2.3 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
Nearest gauge on it: Throstle Mill, 2.3 km away: 0.60 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Irwell →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Weir's monitored area.
29 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Weir's monitored area. None of the 26 with a live status is discharging right now, and 3 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. Live status: © Yorkshire 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.
Village in Lancashire, England
Weir is a village to the north of Bacup in the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, England, and immediately south of the boundary with the Borough of Burnley. The village had a population of 1,251 at the 2011 Census. Anciently, Weir constituted a hamlet, but later emerged as an outlying suburb of Bacup town after the Burnley Road turnpike was built through the settlement at the end of the 18th Century.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
6.1mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 12 rain gauges within 15km of Weir.
October so far: 134.3mm vs 142.2mm October average — 6% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 12 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Weir is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Weir's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
23 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Weir, against a full-month average of 23.4 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,839 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,416 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 1,027 mm.
25 Dec 2015: 79.5 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 90.2 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 Weir's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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