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How much rain fell in Lichfield, 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 Lichfield (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated Tue 23:05 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 Lichfield
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 5% chance of more than 1 mm, less than 5% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: 5% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Tue 27 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 2.4 km from Lichfield. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Lichfield | 0.0km | 0.2mm | 34.2mm | 67.4mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Walsall nr Walsall | 11.5km | 0.0mm | 57.2mm | 103.8mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Needwood nr Needwood | 13.8km | 0.4mm | 28.4mm | 61.4mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 21.1mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Lichfield, against a full-month average of 17.8 rain days (based on 16 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 627 mm (1 Jan to 27 Oct), against 583 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 8% wetter.
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 (960 mm). Driest: 2011 (475 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.
Lichfield gets about 679 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 67 mm; driest February, 46 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), 2.7 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: Kings Bromley, 7.7 km away: 1.04 m Falling slightly ▼.
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 Lichfield's monitored area.
11 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Lichfield's monitored area. None of the 11 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.
Cathedral city in Staffordshire, England
Lichfield is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. It is situated 18 miles (29 km) south-east of Stafford, 9 miles (14 km) north-east of Walsall, 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Tamworth, 13 miles (21 km) south-west of Burton upon Trent and Derby, and 14 miles north of Birmingham. At the time of the 2021 census, the population was 34,738 and that of the wider Lichfield District was 106,400.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.1mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Lichfield.
October so far: 77.0mm vs 76.2mm October average — 1% wetter. Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Lichfield is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Lichfield's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Lichfield, against a full-month average of 17.8 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 960 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 736 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 475 mm.
14 Jun 2007: 59.9 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 Lichfield's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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