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How much rain fell in Coventry, West Midlands? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.7mm of rain forecast for the area around Coventry, heaviest in the hour to Tue 03:00 (0.6mm).
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 Coventry
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 2.8 km from Coventry. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Coventry | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 41.8mm | 69.6mm | 5.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Warwick nr Warwick | 11.2km | 0.0mm | 41.9mm | 71.7mm | 5.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Rugby nr Rugby | 12.9km | 0.0mm | 37.0mm | 62.6mm | 4.4mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 12.7mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Coventry, against a full-month average of 17.0 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 451 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 525 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — 14% drier.
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 (876 mm). Driest: 2011 (405 mm). Average: 662 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.
Coventry gets about 674 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 67 mm; driest March, 43 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), 1.8 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: Stareton, 2.4 km away: 0.32 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Avon →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Coventry's monitored area.
7 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Coventry's monitored area. None of the 6 with a live status is 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.
Cathedral city in the West Midlands, England
Coventry is a cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne. Coventry had been a large settlement for centuries. Founded in the early Middle Ages, its city status was formally recognised in a charter of 1345. The city is governed by Coventry City Council, and the West Midlands Combined Authority.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Coventry.
October so far: 68.9mm vs 71.3mm October average — 3% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Coventry is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Coventry'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 Coventry, against a full-month average of 17.0 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 876 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 662 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 405 mm.
14 Nov 2025: 48.1 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 64.1 mm at one of them. Records since 9 Mar 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 Coventry's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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