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How much rain fell in Whiston, 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 Whiston (under 0.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated Mon 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 Whiston | 0.0km | 8.6mm | 94.4mm | 142.0mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Kingsley nr Kingsley | 4.7km | 7.6mm | 82.6mm | 127.9mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Draycott in the Moors nr Draycott in the Moors | 12.0km | 8.0mm | 82.4mm | 120.4mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 37.6mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Whiston, against a full-month average of 21.2 rain days (based on 12 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 751 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 713 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — 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: 2019 (1,203 mm). Driest: 2010 (648 mm). Average: 914 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.
Whiston gets about 1,076 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 115 mm; driest May, 68 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
Nearest gauge on it: Izaak Walton, 9.3 km away: no recent reading.
Every gauge on the River Dove →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Whiston's monitored area.
9 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Whiston's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 8 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.
8.2mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Whiston.
October so far: 117.8mm vs 95.4mm October average — 23% 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 Whiston is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Whiston'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 Whiston, against a full-month average of 21.2 rain days.
2019 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 1,203 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 914 mm a year. The driest was 2010, with 648 mm.
20 Sep 2018: 59.7 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 73.0 mm at one of them, during Storm Bronagh. Records since 10 Apr 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 Whiston's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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