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How much rain fell in Battle, East Sussex? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.3mm of rain forecast for the area around Battle, heaviest in the hour to 08:00 (1.6mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across whose centre is 12 km from Battle, 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 Battle | 0.0km | 2.0mm | 79.2mm | 111.0mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Hastings nr Hastings | 5.4km | 3.4mm | 95.0mm | 135.2mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr St Leonards nr St Leonards | 7.5km | 3.0mm | 75.0mm | 111.1mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 29.1mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Battle, against a full-month average of 18.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 616 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 555 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 11% wetter.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 7 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2000 (1,089 mm). Driest: 2003 (551 mm). Average: 772 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 7 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.
Battle gets about 850 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 105 mm; driest April, 48 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), 2.7 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Battle's monitored area.
9 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Battle's monitored area. None of the 9 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: © Southern 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 England
Battle is a town and civil parish in the district of Rother in East Sussex, England. It lies 50 miles (80 km) south-east of London, 27 miles (43 km) east of Brighton and 20 miles (32 km) east of Lewes. Hastings is to the south-east and Bexhill-on-Sea to the south. Battle is in the designated High Weald National Landscape. The parish population 6,800 in the 2021 census, an increase from the 2011 Census figure of 6,673.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
2.3mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Battle.
October so far: 116.6mm vs 97.7mm October average — 19% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Battle is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Battle's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Battle, against a full-month average of 18.5 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,089 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 772 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 551 mm.
27 Oct 2023: 47.1 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 57.7 mm at one of them. 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 Battle's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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