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How much rain fell in Kingsley, Staffordshire? 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 Kingsley (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 Kingsley | 0.0km | 7.6mm | 82.6mm | 128.9mm | 1.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Whiston nr Whiston | 4.7km | 8.6mm | 94.4mm | 143.4mm | 1.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Draycott in the Moors nr Draycott in the Moors | 8.1km | 8.0mm | 82.4mm | 123.8mm | 3.4mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 44.9mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Kingsley, against a full-month average of 17.4 rain days (based on 19 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 790 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 743 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — 6% wetter.
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: 2019 (1,267 mm). Driest: 2010 (661 mm). Average: 949 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.
Kingsley gets about 947 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 100 mm; driest April, 63 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), 1.5 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 Discharging now
Nearest gauge on it: Blythe Bridge, 8.1 km away: 0.37 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Blithe →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Kingsley's monitored area.
10 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Kingsley's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 9 report not discharging.
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.
Village in Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Kingsley is a small village in the Staffordshire Moorlands near to Cheadle, and situated on the A52 from Stoke on Trent to Ashbourne. The civil parish population taken at the 2011 census was 2,204.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
8.6mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Kingsley.
October so far: 131.4mm vs 98.6mm October average — 33% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Kingsley is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Kingsley's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Kingsley, against a full-month average of 17.4 rain days.
2019 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 1,267 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 949 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 661 mm.
20 Sep 2018: 63.0 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 68.0 mm at one of them, during Storm Bronagh. Records since 28 Apr 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 Kingsley's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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