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How much rain fell in Alvechurch CP, Worcestershire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 6.0mm of rain forecast for the area around Alvechurch CP, heaviest in the hour to 18:00 (3.2mm).
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 Bromsgrove (west) nr Bromsgrove | 0.0km | 12.0mm | 47.0mm | 77.6mm | 5.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Frankley nr Frankley | 8.7km | 12.2mm | 43.2mm | 70.0mm | 5.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Bromsgrove (north-west) nr Bromsgrove | 9.0km | 11.6mm | 48.2mm | 75.9mm | 6.2mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 12.6mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Bromsgrove (west), against a full-month average of 17.1 rain days (based on 23 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 601 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 615 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 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 (1,001 mm). Driest: 2011 (504 mm). Average: 794 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.
Alvechurch CP gets about 782 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 79 mm; driest February, 51 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: Wildmoor Flume, 7.9 km away: 0.17 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Salwarpe →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Alvechurch CP's monitored area.
7 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Alvechurch CP's monitored area. None of the 7 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.
11.0mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Alvechurch CP.
October so far: 63.8mm vs 86.0mm October average — 26% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Bromsgrove (west) is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Alvechurch CP's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Bromsgrove (west), against a full-month average of 17.1 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,001 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 794 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 504 mm.
20 Jul 2007: 58.8 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 68.2 mm at one of them, during 2007 UK floods. Records since 1 Jan 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 Alvechurch CP's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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