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How much rain fell in Etchingwood, East Sussex? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 5.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Etchingwood, heaviest in the hour to Tue 07:00 (2.4mm).
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 Etchingwood | 0.1km | 1.6mm | 62.6mm | 90.8mm | 2.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Crowborough nr Crowborough | 6.9km | 0.8mm | 78.7mm | 116.3mm | 2.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Coggins Mill nr Coggins Mill | 9.6km | 2.0mm | 82.6mm | 118.4mm | 3.2mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 27.9mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Etchingwood, against a full-month average of 19.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 597 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 640 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 7% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 8 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2000 (1,165 mm). Driest: 2005 (574 mm). Average: 871 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 8 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.
Etchingwood gets about 866 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 110 mm; driest April, 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), 1.7 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: Goldbridge, 8.4 km away: 0.30 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 Etchingwood's monitored area.
10 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Etchingwood's monitored area. None of the 8 with a live status is discharging right now, and 2 have 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 in East Sussex, England
Etchingwood is a small cluster of mostly detached properties and farms within the civil parish of Buxted in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. Its nearest town is Uckfield, which lies approximately 2.3 miles (3.7 km) south-west from the area, just off the A272 road. Framfield Road, Buxted and its namesake Etchingwood Lane both run through the area of Etchingwood, joining it to Hammonds Green to the South and Buxted to the North. The area has several public footpaths and bridleways running through it and there are long distant views of the South Downs National Park.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.9mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of Etchingwood.
October so far: 107.3mm vs 102.1mm October average — 5% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Etchingwood is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Etchingwood's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Etchingwood, against a full-month average of 19.5 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,165 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 871 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 574 mm.
11 Oct 2000: 55.3 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 98.2 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 Etchingwood's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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