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How much rain fell in Rhydycroesau, Shropshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 7.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Rhydycroesau, heaviest in the hour to 11:00 (3.1mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 05:05 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 Rhydycroesau | 0.0km | 1.0mm | 61.6mm | 91.3mm | 0.2mm |
| Pen Y Gwely Raingauge | 2.9km | 0.6mm | 60.0mm | 93.0mm | 0.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Llanfyllin nr Llanfyllin | 14.4km | 1.6mm | 60.4mm | 90.2mm | 0.4mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 23.7mm.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Rhydycroesau, against a full-month average of 20.9 rain days (based on 26 months of records at this gauge).
The rain gauges near Rhydycroesau do not have a long enough daily record yet, so this is the Met Office series for the wider region.
Yearly rainfall 1986–2025, with the dashed line at the 1991–2020 average. Wettest: 2012 (1,084 mm). Driest: 2011 (595 mm). Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Rhydycroesau gets about 1,148 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 131 mm; driest July, 75 mm). That is close to 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), 3.0 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: Llanyblodwel, 7.7 km away: 0.65 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Tanat →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Rhydycroesau's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Rhydycroesau's monitored area. None of them has a live status we can show 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.
Village in Shropshire, England
Rhydycroesau is a tiny village on the English-Welsh border, 3.25 miles (5.23 km) west of Oswestry on the B4580 road. It lies partly in the Shropshire parish of Oswestry Rural; the other part is in Montgomeryshire, Powys.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.2mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Rhydycroesau.
October so far: 91.7mm vs 117.6mm October average — 22% 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 Rhydycroesau is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Rhydycroesau'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 Rhydycroesau, against a full-month average of 20.9 rain days.
Rainfall data: Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales 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 Rhydycroesau's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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