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How much rain fell in Fontwell, West Sussex? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 3.3mm of rain forecast for the area around Fontwell, heaviest in the hour to Tue 08:00 (1.8mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 11:05 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 Fontwell | 0.0km | 0.1mm | 87.1mm | 117.9mm | 4.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Aldwick nr Aldwick | 8.1km | 0.2mm | 79.2mm | 105.9mm | 3.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Duncton nr Duncton | 9.0km | 0.1mm | 130.0mm | 177.0mm | 8.1mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 24.4mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Fontwell, against a full-month average of 17.3 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 664 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 645 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
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 (1,269 mm). Driest: 2003 (578 mm). Average: 872 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.
Fontwell gets about 863 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 104 mm; driest May, 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), 1.5 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 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 Fontwell's monitored area.
3 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Fontwell's monitored area. 1 is 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 parish in West Sussex, England
Walberton is a village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England, 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Littlehampton, and south of the A27 road. The land rises from 33–115 feet (10–35 m) above sea level, a quarter of the height of Nore Hill, the nearest foothill of the South Downs, which is to the north of the parish. The parish includes the smaller village of Binsted to the east and the larger neighbourhood of Fontwell, less than two-thirds of a mile (1 km) to the north-west. Walberton has a medieval church next to its clustered centre. Binsted's medieval church retains an original setting of village houses dispersed over farm fields.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.2mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of Fontwell.
October so far: 123.2mm vs 111.0mm October average — 11% 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 Fontwell is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Fontwell'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 Fontwell, against a full-month average of 17.3 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,269 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 872 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 578 mm.
10 Jun 2012: 69.2 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 80.8 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 Fontwell's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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