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How much rain fell in Lewes, East Sussex? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.4mm of rain forecast for the area around Lewes, heaviest in the hour to Tue 07:00 (1.5mm).
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 Lewes (north-east) | 3.7km | 0.5mm | 72.2mm | 97.5mm | 1.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Lewes (north) | 3.9km | 0.7mm | 84.7mm | 115.1mm | 2.3mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Lewes (west) | 8.0km | 0.7mm | 98.2mm | 142.2mm | 3.7mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 30.4mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Lewes (north-east), against a full-month average of 17.7 rain days (based on 23 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 643 mm (1 Jan to 25 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: 2000 (1,335 mm). Driest: 2003 (604 mm). Average: 897 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.
Lewes gets about 903 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 111 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), 1.8 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: Lewes Corporation Yard, 1.5 km away: 1.90 mAOD 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 Lewes's monitored area.
7 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Lewes's monitored area. None of the 7 with a live status is discharging right now.
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.
County town of East Sussex, England
Lewes is the county town of East Sussex, England. The town is the administrative centre of the wider district of the same name. and lies on the River Ouse at the point where the river cuts through the South Downs. Lewes is approximately 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Brighton, 11 miles (18 km) northwest of Eastbourne, and 25 miles (40 km) west of Hastings. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 16,723.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.4mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Lewes.
October so far: 111.7mm vs 104.1mm October average — 7% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Lewes (north-east) is the nearest rain gauge, 3.7km from the centre of Lewes's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Lewes (north-east), against a full-month average of 17.7 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,335 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 897 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 604 mm.
11 Oct 2000: 81.6 mm on average across 7 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 Lewes's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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