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How much rain fell in Petersfield, Hampshire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 3.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Petersfield, heaviest in the hour to Tue 06:00 (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 Petersfield | 0.0km | 0.0mm | 92.4mm | 123.0mm | 7.6mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Liss nr Liss | 4.1km | 0.0mm | 89.1mm | 118.9mm | 7.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Stedham nr Stedham | 8.3km | 0.0mm | 93.8mm | 122.8mm | 6.4mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 24.1mm.
14 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Petersfield, against a full-month average of 19.3 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 735 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 740 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: 2023 (1,342 mm). Driest: 2003 (737 mm). Average: 1,008 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.
Petersfield gets about 982 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 118 mm; driest May, 55 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), 0.8 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: Princes Marsh, 4.1 km away: 0.10 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Rother →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Petersfield's monitored area.
8 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Petersfield's monitored area. None of the 8 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.
Market town in Hampshire, England
Petersfield is a market town and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 15 miles (24 km) north of Portsmouth. The town has its own railway station on the Portsmouth Direct line, the mainline rail link connecting Portsmouth and London Waterloo. Situated below the northern slopes of the South Downs, Petersfield lies wholly within the South Downs National Park.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.1mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 7 rain gauges within 15km of Petersfield.
October so far: 127.5mm vs 113.4mm October average — 12% 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 Petersfield is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Petersfield'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 Petersfield, against a full-month average of 19.3 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,342 mm from the average of 7 local rain gauges, against an average of 1,008 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 737 mm.
23 Dec 2013: 64.7 mm on average across 7 local rain gauges, and up to 82.4 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 Petersfield's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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