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Birchgrove Raingauge

Swansea
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Updated 23:30 · 18 min ago
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Hourly totals require a complete set of 15-minute observations ending at the latest reading shown above. Unavailable means observations are missing or the gauge is more than 75 minutes behind, not that no rain fell. Longer recorded amounts and charts may cover only part of the selected period.

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Last Hour
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Last 6 Hours
6.4mm
Last 24 Hours
108.2mm
Recorded in 7 Days (partial)
146.2mm
October Recorded (partial)
259.8mm
2026 Recorded (partial)
💧 27.4mm on 26 Oct 2026 was the wettest day at this gauge since 24 Oct 2026 and in the top 2.5% of 40 rain days in this gauge's very short record (short record — treat with caution).

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Rain forecast

Next 24 hours: about 5.5mm of rain forecast for the area around this gauge, heaviest in the hour to Wed 09:00 (1.1mm).

A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 23:05 UK time. It is a forecast, not a measurement, and not a Met Office forecast. Weather data by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Rainfall Chart — available observations

Monthly Rainfall Overview

This area gets about 1,399 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 158 mm; driest April, 78 mm). That is 20% wetter than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.2 km away. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Rainfall Records

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24h Weather Forecast

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Precipitation -12h / +12h

🚽 Storm overflows within 3 km

Sewer overflows near this rain gauge, from the water companies’ live event-duration monitors and their official annual spill figures. Spill starts also appear as markers on the rainfall chart above.

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Location

Station ref
NRW_H059000120
Lat, lng
51.6754, -3.8665
County
Swansea
Data from
2026-09-06
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