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How much rain fell in Cuckfield, West 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 Cuckfield, heaviest in the hour to Tue 08:00 (1.7mm).
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 Cuckfield | 0.1km | 0.1mm | 83.7mm | 118.1mm | 2.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ardingly nr Ardingly | 5.6km | 0.1mm | 77.6mm | 113.7mm | 2.7mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Balcombe nr Balcombe | 7.5km | 0.0mm | 85.4mm | 125.0mm | 4.1mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 26.4mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Cuckfield, against a full-month average of 19.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 724 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 683 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 6% wetter.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 6 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2000 (1,492 mm). Driest: 2005 (633 mm). Average: 933 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 6 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.
Cuckfield gets about 870 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 108 mm; driest April, 51 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
Nearest gauge on it: Ardingly, 5.4 km away: 0.10 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Ouse →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Cuckfield's monitored area.
21 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Cuckfield's monitored area. None of the 20 with a live status is discharging right now, and 1 has no current status.
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 parish in West Sussex, England
Cuckfield is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England, on the southern slopes of the Weald. It lies 34 miles (55 km) south of London, 13 miles (21 km) north of Brighton, and 31 miles (50 km) east northeast of the county town of Chichester. Nearby towns include Haywards Heath to the southeast and Burgess Hill to the south. It is surrounded on the other sides by the parish of Ansty and Staplefield formerly known as Cuckfield Rural.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.2mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Cuckfield.
October so far: 124.1mm vs 108.3mm October average — 15% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Cuckfield is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Cuckfield'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 Cuckfield, against a full-month average of 19.5 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,492 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 933 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 633 mm.
11 Oct 2000: 88.4 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 133.8 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 Cuckfield's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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