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How much rain fell in Wolverhampton, West Midlands? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 4.8mm of rain forecast for the area around Wolverhampton, heaviest in the hour to 10:00 (1.5mm).
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 Wolverhampton
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: more than 95% chance of more than 1 mm, 65% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: more than 95% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 04:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 1.1 km from Wolverhampton. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Wolverhampton | 0.2km | 0.4mm | 67.0mm | 85.7mm | 1.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Wombourne nr Wombourne | 8.5km | 0.0mm | 52.8mm | 70.8mm | 1.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Penkridge nr Penkridge | 10.0km | 0.0mm | 64.8mm | 88.3mm | 3.0mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 25.7mm.
19 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Wolverhampton, against a full-month average of 20.0 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 576 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 560 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 5 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (949 mm). Driest: 2011 (453 mm). Average: 719 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 5 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.
Wolverhampton gets about 733 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 73 mm; driest March, 49 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), 2.3 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 Wolverhampton's monitored area.
37 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Wolverhampton's monitored area. 1 is discharging now, 36 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.
City in the West Midlands, England
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough, in the West Midlands, England. Located around 12 miles (19 km) north-west of Birmingham, it forms the north-western part of the West Midlands conurbation, with the towns of Willenhall and Walsall to the east, and the towns of Sedgley and Dudley to the south. The population in 2021 was 263,700, making it the third largest city in the county after Birmingham and Coventry.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.2mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Wolverhampton.
October so far: 85.2mm vs 74.6mm October average — 14% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Wolverhampton is the nearest rain gauge, 0.2km from the centre of Wolverhampton'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 Wolverhampton, against a full-month average of 20.0 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 949 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 719 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 453 mm.
14 Jun 2007: 47.5 mm on average across 5 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 Wolverhampton's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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