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How much rain fell in Whitchurch, 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: little or no rain forecast for the area around Whitchurch (under 0.2mm).
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 Prees Higher Heath nr Prees Higher Heath | 8.5km | 17.8mm | 40.6mm | 68.2mm | 6.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Cholmondeley nr Cholmondeley | 10.4km | 25.2mm | 50.8mm | 92.0mm | 5.9mm |
| Five Fords Raingauge | 16.6km | 15.6mm | 34.6mm | 82.2mm | 7.0mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 21.5mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Prees Higher Heath, against a full-month average of 19.7 rain days (based on 26 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 543 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 586 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 7% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 2 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2024 (1,117 mm). Driest: 2011 (513 mm). Average: 753 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 2 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.
Whitchurch gets about 731 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 81 mm; driest March, 47 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), 1.5 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 Whitchurch's monitored area.
4 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Whitchurch's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 3 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. Annual spill figures: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring return, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, Open Government Licence (OGL) v3.0.
Market town in Shropshire, England
Whitchurch is a market town in the civil parish of Whitchurch Urban, in the north of Shropshire, England. It lies 2 miles (3 km) east of the Welsh border, 2 miles south of the Cheshire border, 20 miles (30 km) north of the county town of Shrewsbury, 20 miles (30 km) south of Chester, and 15 miles (24 km) east of Wrexham. At the 2021 census, the population of the Whitchurch Urban parish was 10,141, and the population of the Whitchurch built up area was 9,855. Whitchurch is the oldest continuously inhabited town in Shropshire. Notable people who have lived in Whitchurch include the composer Sir Edward German, and illustrator Randolph Caldecott.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
21.5mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Whitchurch.
October so far: 80.1mm vs 81.2mm October average — 1% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Prees Higher Heath is the nearest rain gauge, 8.5km from the centre of Whitchurch'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 Prees Higher Heath, against a full-month average of 19.7 rain days.
2024 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,117 mm from the average of 2 local rain gauges, against an average of 753 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 513 mm.
6 Sep 2021: 50.0 mm on average across 2 local rain gauges, and up to 100.0 mm at one of them. Records since 1 Jan 2000.
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 Whitchurch's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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