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How much rain fell in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire? 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 Bromsgrove (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 Bromsgrove
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 85% 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: 90% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 1.7 km from Bromsgrove. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Bromsgrove (north-west) | 3.0km | 0.0mm | 56.0mm | 83.7mm | 5.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Frankley nr Frankley | 4.7km | 0.2mm | 50.6mm | 77.8mm | 5.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Bromsgrove (south-east) | 6.0km | 0.2mm | 53.2mm | 85.0mm | 5.0mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 13.9mm.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Bromsgrove (north-west), against a full-month average of 20.2 rain days (based on 23 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 644 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 620 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 3 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2024 (1,013 mm). Driest: 2011 (524 mm). Average: 803 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 3 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.
Bromsgrove gets about 855 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 89 mm; driest February, 56 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), 2.0 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, 3.2 km away: 0.20 m Falling ▼.
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 Bromsgrove's monitored area.
13 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Bromsgrove's monitored area. None of the 13 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.
Town in Worcestershire, England
Bromsgrove is a town in Worcestershire, England, about 16 miles (26 km) north-east of Worcester and 13 miles (21 km) south-west of Birmingham city centre. It had a population of 34,755 in at the 2021 census. It gives its name to the wider Bromsgrove District, of which it is the largest town and administrative centre. In the Middle Ages, it was a small market town, primarily producing cloth through the early modern period. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it became a major centre for nail making.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.1mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Bromsgrove.
October so far: 82.2mm vs 86.2mm October average — 5% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Bromsgrove (north-west) is the nearest rain gauge, 3.0km from the centre of Bromsgrove's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Bromsgrove (north-west), against a full-month average of 20.2 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,013 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 803 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 524 mm.
20 Jul 2007: 62.9 mm on average across 3 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 Bromsgrove's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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