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How much rain fell in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Cannock Chase, heaviest in the hour to Tue 04:00 (1.0mm).
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 Cannock Chase | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 59.8mm | 83.9mm | 4.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Penkridge nr Penkridge | 9.3km | 0.0mm | 64.8mm | 91.1mm | 5.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Abbots Bromley nr Abbots Bromley | 10.6km | 0.0mm | 51.6mm | 68.4mm | 5.6mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 24.8mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Cannock Chase, against a full-month average of 18.1 rain days (based on 21 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 594 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 577 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 5 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (972 mm). Driest: 2011 (474 mm). Average: 736 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 5 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.
Cannock Chase gets about 783 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 77 mm; driest February, 53 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), 2.9 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: Great Haywood, 7.7 km away: 1.11 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Trent →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Cannock Chase's monitored area.
10 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Cannock Chase's monitored area. None of the 10 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.
Mixed area of countryside in Staffordshire, England
Cannock Chase, often referred to locally as The Chase, is a mixed area of countryside in the county of Staffordshire, England. The area has been designated as the Cannock Chase National Landscape, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and much of it is managed by Forestry England for its important ecology and for recreational use. The Chase gives its name to the Cannock Chase local government district. It is a former Royal forest.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Cannock Chase.
October so far: 82.8mm vs 77.7mm October average — 7% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Cannock Chase is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Cannock Chase's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Cannock Chase, against a full-month average of 18.1 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 972 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 736 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 474 mm.
14 Jun 2007: 56.1 mm on average across 5 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 Cannock Chase's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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