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How much rain fell in Colgate, West Sussex? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
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In force until 11pm Sat 24 Oct (UK time). Issued 9:05am Sat 24 Oct by the Met Office.
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Next 24 hours: about 8.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Colgate, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (2.3mm).
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 Horsham nr Horsham | 0.0km | 29.2mm | 70.7mm | 109.8mm | 13.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Balcombe nr Balcombe | 4.3km | 29.2mm | 66.1mm | 110.4mm | 13.7mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ardingly nr Ardingly | 9.5km | 21.9mm | 53.9mm | 98.7mm | 15.0mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 26.6mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Horsham, against a full-month average of 18.4 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 717 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 639 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 12% 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 (1,295 mm). Driest: 2005 (576 mm). Average: 866 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.
Colgate gets about 922 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 108 mm; driest April, 57 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), 2.5 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
Nearest gauge on it: Stafford Bridge, 5.2 km away: 0.83 m Rising ▲.
Every gauge on the River Mole →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Colgate's monitored area.
3 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Colgate's monitored area. None of the 3 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: © Thames 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.
Village and parish in West Sussex, England
Colgate is a small village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England, about four miles (6 km) north east of Horsham.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
26.6mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Colgate.
October so far: 103.2mm vs 105.5mm October average — 2% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Horsham is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Colgate'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 Horsham, against a full-month average of 18.4 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,295 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 866 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 576 mm.
29 Oct 2000: 63.7 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 104.0 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 Colgate's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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