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How much rain fell in Stafford, Staffordshire? 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 Stafford (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated Tue 23:05 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 Stafford (north-east) | 5.7km | 2.0mm | 56.4mm | 100.0mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Stafford (south-west) | 5.7km | 0.8mm | 48.4mm | 93.0mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Eccleshall nr Eccleshall | 12.1km | 0.8mm | 37.0mm | 37.0mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 28 Sep–27 Oct. Wettest day: 28.8mm.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Stafford (north-east), against a full-month average of 18.9 rain days (based on 25 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 610 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 619 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 3 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (970 mm). Driest: 2011 (553 mm). Average: 783 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 3 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.
Stafford gets about 774 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 78 mm; driest March, 51 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), 2.1 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: Darlaston, 9.0 km away: 1.02 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Trent →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Stafford's monitored area.
5 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Stafford's monitored area. None of the 5 with a live status is discharging right now.
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 Staffordshire, England
Stafford is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, England. It is located about 15 miles (24 km) south of Stoke-on-Trent, 15 miles (24 km) north of Wolverhampton and 24 miles (39 km) north-west of Birmingham. The town had a population of 71,673 at the 2021 census, and is the main settlement within the larger Borough of Stafford, which had a population of 136,837 in 2021.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.2mm of rain fell yesterday (27 Oct 2026), from the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km of Stafford.
October so far: 76.7mm vs 82.4mm October average — 7% drier. Figures are the average of 3 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Stafford (north-east) is the nearest rain gauge, 5.7km from the centre of Stafford'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 Stafford (north-east), against a full-month average of 18.9 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 970 mm from the average of 3 local rain gauges, against an average of 783 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 553 mm.
12 Aug 2020: 59.6 mm on average across 3 local rain gauges, and up to 103.8 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 Stafford's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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