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How much rain fell in Bishop's Castle, Shropshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 3.5mm of rain forecast for the area around Bishop's Castle, heaviest in the hour to Tue 03:00 (1.8mm).
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 Bishop's Castle | 0.0km | 0.4mm | 58.8mm | 84.6mm | 3.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Asterton nr Asterton | 7.7km | 0.6mm | 53.2mm | 76.5mm | 2.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Craven Arms nr Craven Arms | 11.7km | 0.4mm | 63.4mm | 81.6mm | 4.0mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 13.7mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Bishop's Castle, against a full-month average of 20.4 rain days (based on 17 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 563 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 627 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 10% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 6 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2019 (1,052 mm). Driest: 2011 (555 mm). Average: 815 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 6 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.
Bishop's Castle gets about 809 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 88 mm; driest March, 55 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), 1.2 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Bishop's Castle's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Bishop's Castle's monitored area. The 1 with a live status is not discharging right now, and 1 has no current status.
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.
Town in Shropshire, England
Bishop's Castle is a market town in the south west of Shropshire, England. According to the 2011 Census it had a population of 1,893.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.8mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Bishop's Castle.
October so far: 81.8mm vs 93.7mm October average — 13% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Bishop's Castle is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Bishop's Castle'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 Bishop's Castle, against a full-month average of 20.4 rain days.
2019 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,052 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 815 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 555 mm.
25 Oct 2019: 56.2 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 59.0 mm at one of them. 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 Bishop's Castle's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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