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How much rain fell in Caersws, Powys? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Caersws, heaviest in the hour to Tue 01:00 (0.9mm).
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 Caersws | 0.0km | 1.0mm | 69.4mm | 106.4mm | 4.6mm |
| Henfryn Raingauge | 0.0km | 1.0mm | 69.4mm | 107.2mm | 4.6mm |
| Cefn Coch Raingauge | 10.0km | 1.8mm | 66.8mm | 117.8mm | 5.0mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 26.3mm.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Caersws.
The rain gauges near Caersws do not have a long enough daily record yet, so this is the Met Office series for the wider region.
Yearly rainfall 1986–2025, with the dashed line at the 1991–2020 average. Wettest: 2000 (1,619 mm). Driest: 2003 (959 mm). Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Caersws gets about 1,014 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 125 mm; driest May, 63 mm). That is close to 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), 0.6 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 Caersws's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Caersws's monitored area. None of them has a live status we can show 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.
Village in Powys, Wales
Caersws is a village and community on the River Severn, in the Welsh county of Powys; it was formerly in Montgomeryshire. It is located 5 miles (8 km) west of Newtown, halfway between Aberystwyth and Shrewsbury. At the 2011 census, the community had a population of 1,586 – a figure which includes the settlements of Clatter, Llanwnnog and Pontdolgoch; the village itself had a population of slightly over 800.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.4mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Caersws.
October so far: 112.1mm, from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Caersws. There is not yet enough history to compute a reliable October average.
Rainfall gauge nr Caersws is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Caersws's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
Rainfall data: Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales 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 Caersws's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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