Wettest January day since 1954

Tuesday 19 January was the wettest January day in Rochdale since 1954, as almost half a month’s rainfall fell in just one day.

The Met Office has confirmed 46.8mm of rain fell in the borough with the arrival of Storm Christoph, which brought heavy rainfall and localised flooding.

The average rainfall for Rochdale during January is 112.17mm, with the highest level of 265.4mm recorded in January 2008.

2008 was also Rochdale’s wettest year on record (records date back to 1949), with 1,501.7mm of rain.

 

 

For Greater Manchester, which has an older record, the wettest January on record is 1928 with 245.2mm. The wettest year for the region as a whole was 2012 with 1,430mm of rainfall.

Recently, 2020 was named one of the warmest years on record for Greater Manchester, whilst February 2020 was one of the wettest months experienced.
 

Read more: 2020 one of warmest years on record for Greater ManchesterPublished: 06 January 2021

 

Read more: February 2020 one of the wettest on recordPublished: 04 March 2020

The wettest July on record was that of 2019 – which also saw the hottest day since records began – and the previous year was named the UK’s second sunniest year on record.
 

Read more: Wettest July on record for RochdalePublished: 03 August 2019

 

Read more: Record-breaking temperature in RochdalePublished: 25 July 2019

 

Read more: 2018 - the UK's second sunniest year on recordPublished: 28 December 2018