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How much rain fell in Hartfield, Kent? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: little or no rain forecast for the area around Hartfield (under 0.2mm).
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 Sevenoaks nr Sevenoaks | 6.7km | 2.6mm | 61.5mm | 97.6mm | 4.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Wealden (west) nr Wealden | 7.6km | 3.1mm | 82.8mm | 120.3mm | 4.8mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Wealden (south-east) nr Wealden | 8.1km | 3.5mm | 83.1mm | 123.2mm | 4.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 24.8mm.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Sevenoaks, against a full-month average of 15.8 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 562 mm (1 Jan to 26 Oct), against 647 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 13% 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 (1,366 mm). Driest: 2005 (470 mm). Average: 867 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.
Hartfield gets about 838 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 101 mm; driest June, 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), 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
Nearest gauge on it: Summerford Bridge, 1.7 km away: sensor under review.
Every gauge on the River Medway →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Hartfield's monitored area.
8 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Hartfield's monitored area. None of the 7 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 East Sussex, England
Hartfield is a village and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. The parish also includes the settlements of Colemans Hatch, Hammerwood and Holtye, all lying on the northern edge of Ashdown Forest.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
2.8mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 10 rain gauges within 15km of Hartfield.
October so far: 105.5mm vs 101.9mm October average — 4% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 10 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Sevenoaks is the nearest rain gauge, 6.7km from the centre of Hartfield's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
16 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Sevenoaks, against a full-month average of 15.8 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,366 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 867 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 470 mm.
23 Dec 2013: 63.0 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 92.2 mm at one of them, during 2013-14 UK winter floods. 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 Hartfield's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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