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How much rain fell in Solihull, 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 Solihull, 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.
Chance of rain in Solihull
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 85% chance of more than 1 mm, 5% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: 90% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point under 1 km from Solihull. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Solihull (south-west) | 1.7km | 0.0mm | 38.6mm | 43.4mm | 4.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Solihull (north-east) | 3.3km | 0.3mm | 53.8mm | 84.8mm | 3.9mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Saltley nr Saltley | 10.1km | 2.6mm | 40.0mm | 59.1mm | 1.6mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 13.5mm.
6 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Solihull (south-west), against a full-month average of 17.6 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 574 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 596 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: 2012 (981 mm). Driest: 2011 (455 mm). Average: 761 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.
Solihull gets about 737 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 71 mm; driest March, 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), 2.9 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: Solihull Lodge, 6.1 km away: 0.34 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Cole →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Solihull's monitored area.
15 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Solihull's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 14 report not discharging.
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 in West Midlands, England
Solihull is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands county, England. Solihull is situated on the River Blythe in the Forest of Arden area. The town had a population of 126,577 at the 2021 census, and the wider metropolitan borough had a population of 216,240. The town is located around 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Birmingham and 14 miles (23 km) west of Coventry.
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 Solihull.
October so far: 66.7mm vs 82.5mm October average — 19% 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 Solihull (south-west) is the nearest rain gauge, 1.7km from the centre of Solihull's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
6 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Solihull (south-west), against a full-month average of 17.6 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 981 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 761 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 455 mm.
14 Jun 2007: 52.4 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 Solihull's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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