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How much rain fell in Cowfold, 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 Cowfold, 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 (south-east) nr Horsham | 0.0km | 27.4mm | 70.2mm | 105.5mm | 11.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Cuckfield nr Cuckfield | 9.0km | 22.8mm | 61.2mm | 103.9mm | 12.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Horsham (south-west) nr Horsham | 10.1km | 40.0mm | 91.4mm | 140.9mm | 19.8mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 29.2mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Horsham (south-east), against a full-month average of 17.9 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 675 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 653 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
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: 2012 (1,185 mm). Driest: 2005 (605 mm). Average: 890 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.
Cowfold gets about 815 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 97 mm; driest June, 50 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), 1.1 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 Cowfold's monitored area.
5 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Cowfold's monitored area. 3 are discharging now, 2 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: © 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.
Village and civil parish in West Susses
Cowfold is a village and civil parish between Billingshurst and Haywards Heath in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. The village is at the intersection of the A272 and A281 roads. The parish has a land area of 1,926 hectares. In the 2001 census 1,864 people lived in 729 households, of whom 987 were economically active. The population at the 2011 Census had risen to 1,904.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
29.2mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Cowfold.
October so far: 111.7mm vs 107.8mm October average — 4% wetter (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 (south-east) is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Cowfold'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 (south-east), against a full-month average of 17.9 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,185 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 890 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 605 mm.
9 Aug 2017: 50.1 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 68.4 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 Cowfold's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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