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How much rain fell in Shifnal, Shropshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 0.7mm of rain forecast for the area around Shifnal, heaviest in the hour to Tue 03:00 (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 Shifnal | 0.0km | 0.4mm | 55.8mm | 83.0mm | 3.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Broseley nr Broseley | 10.9km | 0.0mm | 49.8mm | 68.9mm | 3.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Wolverhampton nr Wolverhampton | 12.0km | 0.4mm | 67.0mm | 87.9mm | 4.0mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 19.3mm.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Shifnal, against a full-month average of 16.7 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 583 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 551 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 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: 2024 (921 mm). Driest: 2011 (452 mm). Average: 710 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.
Shifnal gets about 688 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 67 mm; driest March, 45 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), 2.2 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: Cosford River, 0.0 km away: 0.07 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Worfe →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Shifnal's monitored area.
5 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Shifnal's monitored area. None of the 4 with a live status is discharging right now, and 1 has 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.
Town and civil parish in Shropshire, England
Shifnal is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, about 4 miles (6 km) east of Telford, 17 miles (27 km) east of Shrewsbury and 13 miles (20 km) west-northwest of Wolverhampton. It is near the M54 motorway and A5 road aka Watling Street. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 6,391, increasing to 6,776 at the 2011 census.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.2mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Shifnal.
October so far: 78.3mm vs 72.7mm October average — 8% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Shifnal is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Shifnal's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Shifnal, against a full-month average of 16.7 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 921 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 710 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 452 mm.
20 Jul 2007: 45.7 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges, and up to 50.6 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 Shifnal's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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