current run under 0.01" · longest ever 34 days (to Apr 3, 1915)
Wet Streak
1days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 14 days
Year to Date vs Normal
82%
20.76" of a normal 25.34" · wettest 38.56" (2006) · driest 14.25" (2016)
Wettest & Driest Years
The extremes of a 59-year record (1890–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 41.23" a year.
Wettest Years on Record
1
1954
56.54in
2
2006
55.99in
3
2005
55.54in
4
2023
55.39in
5
2008
52.7in
Driest Years on Record
1
2015
27.45in
2
2016
27.6in
3
1941
28.01in
4
2001
29.7in
5
1939
31.21in
Rainfall by Month
The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Jun (~3.63") and driest in Feb (~2.7"). Wettest calendar month ever: Oct 2005, 12.47".
This Day in History · Rainfall
Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Manchester — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.
Wettest Aug 24 ever
1.74in
set in 1970
Rain on Aug 24
33%
of 72 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 25 ever
1.63in
set in 2010
Rain on Aug 25
24%
of 70 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 26 ever
0.55in
set in 1961
Rain on Aug 26
19%
of 70 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 27 ever
1.35in
set in 1892
Rain on Aug 27
27%
of 71 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 28 ever
2.72in
set in 2011
Rain on Aug 28
28%
of 72 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 29 ever
1.24in
set in 2009
Rain on Aug 29
36%
of 72 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 30 ever
0.96in
set in 1930
Rain on Aug 30
30%
of 71 years had measurable rain
This Year's Rainfall
Manchester's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
Manchester's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
Every week of the U.S. Drought Monitor for Manchester's county since 2000, coloured by intensity — dry spells and multi-year droughts read as warm bands.
