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How much rain fell in Biddulph, Staffordshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: little or no rain forecast for the area around Biddulph (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 11:05 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 Biddulph | 0.0km | 0.4mm | 58.8mm | 120.6mm | 11.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr The Bank nr The Bank | 4.6km | 0.2mm | 52.2mm | 116.0mm | 9.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Rushton Spencer nr Rushton Spencer | 8.0km | 0.9mm | 53.3mm | 131.5mm | 9.3mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 25.8mm.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Biddulph, against a full-month average of 20.9 rain days (based on 19 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 679 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 745 mm by the same date in an average year (2005–2025) — 9% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 4 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2024 (1,433 mm). Driest: 2010 (727 mm). Average: 962 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 4 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.
Biddulph gets about 861 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 89 mm; driest March, 57 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), 2.4 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 Discharging now
Nearest gauge on it: Congleton Park, 7.7 km away: 0.20 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Dane →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Biddulph's monitored area.
18 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Biddulph's monitored area. 2 are discharging now, 16 report not discharging.
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. Live status: © United Utilities 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.
Town in Staffordshire, England
Biddulph is a town and civil parish in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of the county of Staffordshire, England. The town lies 9 miles (14 km) north of Stoke-on-Trent and 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Congleton, close to part of the Staffordshire/Cheshire county border. In 2011 the parish had a population of 19,892.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.6mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Biddulph.
October so far: 123.9mm vs 100.3mm October average — 24% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Biddulph is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Biddulph's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
21 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Biddulph, against a full-month average of 20.9 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2005, with 1,433 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 962 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 727 mm.
25 Oct 2019: 60.3 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 63.2 mm at one of them. Records since 5 Mar 2003.
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 Biddulph's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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