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How much rain fell in Welshpool, Powys? 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 0.8mm of rain forecast for the area around Welshpool, heaviest in the hour to Tue 02:00 (0.4mm).
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.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Welshpool | 0.0km | 1.2mm | 50.0mm | 74.2mm | 4.0mm |
| Welshpool Raingauge | 0.0km | 1.2mm | 50.0mm | 74.4mm | 4.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Rorrington nr Rorrington | 9.5km | 1.0mm | 50.4mm | 104.6mm | 3.6mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 18.4mm.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Welshpool.
2026 so far: 514 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 576 mm by the same date in an average year (2002–2025) — 11% drier.
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: 2024 (1,031 mm). Driest: 2011 (472 mm). Average: 747 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.
Welshpool gets about 843 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 94 mm; driest April, 53 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), 1.0 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: Buttington River Station (Severn), 2.1 km away: 2.67 m Falling ▼.
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 Welshpool's monitored area.
5 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Welshpool's monitored area. None of them has a live status we can show 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.
Town in Powys, Wales
Welshpool is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, historically in the county of Montgomeryshire. The town is four miles from the Wales–England border and low-lying on the River Severn. The community, which also includes Cloddiau and Pool Quay, has a population of 6,664, with the town having 5,948. There are many examples of Georgian architecture within the town. Powis Castle is located to the south-west.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.3mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Welshpool.
October so far: 86.7mm vs 81.8mm October average — 6% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Welshpool is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Welshpool's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2002, with 1,031 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 747 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 472 mm.
25 Oct 2019: 60.4 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 67.8 mm at one of them. Records since 1 Jan 2002.
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 Welshpool's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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