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How much rain fell in Needwood, Staffordshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Needwood, heaviest in the hour to Tue 02:00 (0.4mm).
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 Needwood | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 38.2mm | 61.0mm | 5.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Stretton nr Stretton | 9.5km | 0.0mm | 29.8mm | 52.7mm | 6.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Abbots Bromley nr Abbots Bromley | 9.8km | 0.0mm | 51.6mm | 68.4mm | 5.6mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 15.7mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Needwood, against a full-month average of 17.1 rain days (based on 16 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 587 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 566 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 6 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2019 (939 mm). Driest: 2011 (470 mm). Average: 721 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 6 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.
Needwood gets about 728 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 73 mm; driest February, 48 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), 1.0 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, 7.1 km away: 1.12 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 Needwood's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Needwood's monitored area. None of the 2 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.
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Needwood.
October so far: 66.0mm vs 75.7mm October average — 13% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Needwood is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Needwood's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Needwood, against a full-month average of 17.1 rain days.
2019 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 939 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 721 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 470 mm.
27 Jul 2013: 52.1 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 68.8 mm at one of them. 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 Needwood's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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