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How much rain fell in Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Abbots Bromley, heaviest in the hour to Tue 02:00 (0.4mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 17:05 UK time. It is a forecast, not a measurement, and not a Met Office forecast. Weather data by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Daily totals for UK days from the same computer model; "dry" means under 0.2mm. Forecasts further ahead are less certain.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Abbots Bromley | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 51.6mm | 68.4mm | 5.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Needwood nr Needwood | 9.8km | 0.0mm | 38.2mm | 61.0mm | 5.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Cannock Chase nr Cannock Chase | 10.5km | 0.0mm | 59.8mm | 83.9mm | 4.6mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 21.0mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Abbots Bromley, against a full-month average of 18.8 rain days (based on 16 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 608 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 585 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 5 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (963 mm). Driest: 2011 (498 mm). Average: 740 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 5 local rain gauges, for UTC days; one gauge can catch much more than the average. A storm's figure adds up the rain measured on its dates, from our list of Met Office named storms and major floods — other weather on those days counts too.
Abbots Bromley gets about 721 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 71 mm; driest February, 48 mm). That is drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year.
Monthly averages in mm. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 0.9 km from the town's gauge centre. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. UK comparison: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, 1991-2020, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Rain gauge River gauge Storm overflow
Nearest gauge on it: Kings Bromley, 8.0 km away: 1.12 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Trent →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Abbots Bromley's monitored area.
3 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Abbots Bromley's monitored area. None of the 3 with a live status is discharging right now.
Event Duration Monitors show when an overflow may be spilling; they do not confirm it, and this is not advice on water quality. A live status older than two hours counts as no current status. Live status: © Severn Trent Water storm overflow activity data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Annual spill figures: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring return, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, Open Government Licence (OGL) v3.0.
Village in Staffordshire, England
Abbots Bromley is a village and civil parish in the East Staffordshire district of Staffordshire and lies approximately 9.8 miles (15.8 km) east of Stafford, England. According to the University of Nottingham English Place-names project, the settlement name Abbots Bromley could mean 'clearing/wood frequented by broom'. The prefix 'abbots' was added because the village was held by Burton Abbey. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,779.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Abbots Bromley.
October so far: 73.5mm vs 77.1mm October average — 5% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Abbots Bromley is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Abbots Bromley's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Abbots Bromley, against a full-month average of 18.8 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 963 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 740 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 498 mm.
14 Jun 2007: 48.5 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 56.0 mm at one of them, during 2007 UK floods. Records since 16 Mar 2000.
Rainfall data: Environment Agency rain gauges, synced every 15 minutes. Daily totals are computed overnight (UTC days); "today so far" is live. Gauge distances are straight-line from the centre of Abbots Bromley's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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