current run under 0.01" · longest ever 34 days (to Apr 3, 1915)
Wet Streak
0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 14 days
Year to Date vs Normal
76%
17.37" of a normal 22.75" · wettest 35.29" (2006) · driest 11.81" (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 Jul 28 ever
1.58in
set in 1941
Rain on Jul 28
45%
of 74 years had measurable rain
Wettest Jul 29 ever
1.88in
set in 1945
Rain on Jul 29
51%
of 72 years had measurable rain
Wettest Jul 30 ever
2.58in
set in 1971
Rain on Jul 30
31%
of 72 years had measurable rain
Wettest Jul 31 ever
2.21in
set in 1954
Rain on Jul 31
47%
of 73 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 1 ever
1.12in
set in 2003
Rain on Aug 1
38%
of 71 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 2 ever
2.34in
set in 1946
Rain on Aug 2
24%
of 72 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 3 ever
1.30in
set in 1943
Rain on Aug 3
28%
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.
