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How much rain fell in Shrewsbury, Shropshire? 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 Shrewsbury (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 11:05 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 Shrewsbury
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 55% chance of more than 1 mm, 10% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: 55% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 04:40 on Tue 27 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 2.7 km from Shrewsbury. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Shrewsbury | 0.0km | 2.4mm | 38.6mm | 58.6mm | 1.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Allscott nr Allscott | 9.8km | 4.0mm | 40.4mm | 86.4mm | 0.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Leebotwood nr Leebotwood | 15.1km | 4.8mm | 63.0mm | 93.8mm | 2.6mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 17.1mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Shrewsbury, against a full-month average of 17.8 rain days (based on 26 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 520 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 526 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 2 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2024 (947 mm). Driest: 2011 (380 mm). Average: 667 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 2 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.
Shrewsbury gets about 672 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 70 mm; driest February, 43 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), 1.5 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: Welsh Bridge, 2.9 km away: 1.56 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Severn →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Shrewsbury's monitored area.
43 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Shrewsbury's monitored area. None of the 41 with a live status is discharging right now, and 2 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.
County town of Shropshire, England
Shrewsbury is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is sited on the River Severn, 33 miles (53 km) northwest of Wolverhampton, 15 miles (24 km) west of Telford, 31 miles (50 km) southeast of Wrexham and 53 miles (85 km) north of Hereford. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 76,782. It is the county town of the ceremonial county of Shropshire.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3.2mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Shrewsbury.
October so far: 72.5mm vs 70.8mm October average — 2% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Shrewsbury is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Shrewsbury'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 Shrewsbury, against a full-month average of 17.8 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 947 mm from the average of 2 local rain gauges, against an average of 667 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 380 mm.
13 May 2007: 70.8 mm on average across 2 local rain gauges, and up to 83.0 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 Shrewsbury's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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