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How much rain fell in St. Martin's, 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 0.5mm of rain forecast for the area around St. Martin's, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (0.5mm).
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 Rhydycroesau nr Rhydycroesau | 8.7km | 11.6mm | 37.6mm | 87.3mm | 20.4mm |
| Pen Y Gwely Raingauge | 9.0km | 13.8mm | 38.8mm | 89.6mm | 18.4mm |
| Five Fords Raingauge | 12.7km | 15.6mm | 34.6mm | 81.8mm | 6.6mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 14.1mm.
18 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 St. Martin's 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.
St. Martin's gets about 1,020 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 111 mm; driest July, 70 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), 1.8 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of St. Martin's's monitored area.
12 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of St. Martin's's monitored area. 3 are discharging now, 9 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: © Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, from its Storm Overflow Map. 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.
13.7mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of St. Martin's.
October so far: 86.2mm vs 117.6mm October average — 27% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Rhydycroesau is the nearest rain gauge, 8.7km from the centre of St. Martin's'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 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 St. Martin's's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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