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How much rain fell in Birmingham, West Midlands? 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 Birmingham (under 0.2mm).
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.
Chance of rain in Birmingham
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 75% chance of more than 1 mm, 5% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: 85% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 1.2 km from Birmingham. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Birmingham | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 66.2mm | 87.8mm | 4.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Saltley nr Saltley | 7.2km | 2.6mm | 40.0mm | 59.1mm | 1.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Walsall nr Walsall | 9.9km | 0.0mm | 77.0mm | 103.8mm | 5.2mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 17.9mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Birmingham, against a full-month average of 20.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 590 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 573 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
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: 2012 (1,011 mm). Driest: 2011 (438 mm). Average: 730 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.
Birmingham gets about 768 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 76 mm; driest March, 52 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), 2.3 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: Perry Park, 4.0 km away: 0.66 m Falling ▼.
Every gauge on the River Tame →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Birmingham's monitored area.
22 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Birmingham's monitored area. None of the 22 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.
City in the West Midlands, England
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the centre of the West Midlands region of England. It is the largest local authority district in England by population and the second-largest city in Britain – commonly referred to as the second city of the United Kingdom – with a population of 1.2 million people in the city proper in 2025. Birmingham is the centre of the ceremonial West Midlands county, and borders the Black Country to its west and, together with the city of Wolverhampton and towns including Walsall, West Bromwich, Dudley and Solihull, forms the West Midlands conurbation. The Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield is incorporated within the city limits to the north and northeast. Birmingham's urban area has a population of 2.7 million and its wider metropolitan area has a population of 4.3 million. The city of Coventry lies to the east of the city, separated by the Meriden Gap. The cathedral city of Lichfield lies to the north of the city, separated by the M6 Toll.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.7mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Birmingham.
October so far: 78.9mm vs 76.0mm October average — 4% 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 Birmingham is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Birmingham's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Birmingham, against a full-month average of 20.5 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,011 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 730 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 438 mm.
14 Jun 2007: 63.3 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 72.0 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 Birmingham's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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