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How much rain fell in Craven Arms, Shropshire? 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 Craven Arms (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.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Craven Arms | 0.0km | 4.0mm | 64.4mm | 85.4mm | 3.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Bishop's Castle nr Bishop's Castle | 11.7km | 3.2mm | 59.4mm | 87.2mm | 2.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Asterton nr Asterton | 11.7km | 2.6mm | 52.2mm | 79.7mm | 3.2mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 14.4mm.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Craven Arms, against a full-month average of 19.4 rain days (based on 17 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 558 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 565 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
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 (1,067 mm). Driest: 2003 (301 mm). Average: 735 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.
Craven Arms gets about 846 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 90 mm; driest March, 58 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), 2.4 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: Leintwardine, 6.9 km away: 0.37 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Teme →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Craven Arms's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Craven Arms's monitored area. The 1 with a live status is not 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 Shropshire, England
Craven Arms is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is sited on the A49 road and the Welsh Marches railway line, which link it north and south to the larger towns of Shrewsbury and Ludlow respectively. The town is enclosed to the north by the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and to the south is the fortified manor house of Stokesay Castle.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.8mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Craven Arms.
October so far: 80.6mm vs 87.8mm October average — 8% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Craven Arms is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Craven Arms'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 Craven Arms, against a full-month average of 19.4 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,067 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 735 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 301 mm.
20 Sep 2018: 57.4 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 105.8 mm at one of them, during Storm Bronagh. 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 Craven Arms's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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