Has it rained enough in Manchester?
Rain soaked in today, and the ground has taken it.
Manchester has had 146.1mm of rain in the last 30 days. That is well above the 94.5mm a normal August brings here, and closer to the wettest on record (178.6mm).
Rain reaching the roots · 14 days
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Rain in Manchester through a normal year
Across a normal year Manchester gets about 1037.7mm of rain, most of it in December (101.2mm) and least in April (65.3mm).
That makes Manchester one of the wetter places this site covers in the United Kingdom in August — 4th of 40, against Glasgow at the wet end (108.3mm) and Portsmouth at the dry end (58.8mm).
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Average rainfall by month, 1995–2024
What that means for what you grow
- Pots and hanging basketsWorth checking by hand even so — a pot in the sun can dry out in a wet week, because there is so little soil to hold anything.
- Beds and bordersNothing needed. Watering soil that is already wet does more harm than good.
- New plantingsAnything planted within the last month is the exception; its roots have not spread far enough to find water on their own.
Your own garden, not the town average
This page is worked out for Manchester as a whole. Your garden has its own soil, its own shade and its own planting, and the front page will use your exact location instead.
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