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How much rain fell in Walsall, West Midlands? 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 Walsall (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 05:05 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 Walsall
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 15% chance of more than 1 mm, less than 5% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: 20% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 04:40 on Tue 27 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 1.1 km from Walsall. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Walsall | 0.0km | 5.2mm | 75.2mm | 103.8mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Birmingham nr Birmingham | 10.0km | 4.1mm | 62.7mm | 87.8mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Lichfield nr Lichfield | 11.6km | 5.2mm | 48.4mm | 67.2mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 25.8mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Walsall, against a full-month average of 17.7 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 614 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 582 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 5% wetter.
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 (1,003 mm). Driest: 2011 (475 mm). Average: 739 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.
Walsall gets about 753 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 77 mm; driest February, 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: Bescot, 8.7 km away: 0.93 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Tame →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Walsall's monitored area.
25 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Walsall's monitored area. None of the 25 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.
Town in the West Midlands, England
Walsall is a market town and administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, part of the Black Country in the West Midlands, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located 9 miles (14 km) north-west of Birmingham, 7 miles (11 km) east of Wolverhampton and 9 miles (14 km) south-west of Lichfield.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
4.8mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Walsall.
October so far: 87.0mm vs 74.5mm October average — 17% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Walsall is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Walsall's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Walsall, against a full-month average of 17.7 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,003 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 739 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 475 mm.
14 Jun 2007: 57.5 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 72.0 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 Walsall's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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