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How much rain fell in Saltley, West Midlands? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Saltley, heaviest in the hour to Tue 02:00 (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 Saltley | 0.0km | 2.6mm | 40.0mm | 59.1mm | 1.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Birmingham nr Birmingham | 7.2km | 0.0mm | 66.2mm | 87.8mm | 4.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Solihull nr Solihull | 9.5km | 0.3mm | 53.8mm | 84.8mm | 3.9mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 13.9mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Saltley, against a full-month average of 16.8 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 591 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 595 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: 2024 (990 mm). Driest: 2011 (459 mm). Average: 762 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.
Saltley gets about 755 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 74 mm; driest March, 50 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), 1.6 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: Brookvale Road, 3.0 km away: 0.96 m Falling ▼.
Every gauge on the River Tame →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Saltley's monitored area.
126 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Saltley's monitored area. 2 are discharging now, 119 report not discharging, and 5 have no current status.
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.
Area of Birmingham, England
Saltley is an inner-city area of Birmingham, England, east of the city centre. The area is part of the Washwood Heath ward, and was previously part of the Nechells ward. It is part of the Ladywood constituency in the city.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.5mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Saltley.
October so far: 69.6mm vs 80.5mm October average — 14% 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 Saltley is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Saltley'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 Saltley, against a full-month average of 16.8 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 990 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 762 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 459 mm.
14 Jun 2007: 58.1 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 71.2 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 Saltley's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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