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How much rain fell in Sandhurst, Kent? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 4.6mm of rain forecast for the area around Sandhurst, heaviest in the hour to Tue 10:00 (1.5mm).
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 Sandhurst | 0.1km | 3.0mm | 69.8mm | 100.2mm | 2.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Cranbrook nr Cranbrook | 7.6km | 1.3mm | 72.4mm | 112.3mm | 3.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Brede nr Brede | 11.2km | 0.4mm | 83.2mm | 124.2mm | 1.8mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 28.1mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Sandhurst, against a full-month average of 17.5 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 620 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 601 mm by the same date in an average year (2003–2025) — about average.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 5 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (1,096 mm). Driest: 2003 (536 mm). Average: 820 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 5 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.
Sandhurst gets about 798 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 98 mm; driest March, 48 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), 2.3 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Sandhurst's monitored area.
8 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Sandhurst'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.
Village in Kent, England
Sandhurst is a village in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England, close to the border with East Sussex. It is situated on the A268 road near the villages of Hawkhurst and Northiam.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.6mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km of Sandhurst.
October so far: 111.7mm vs 98.7mm October average — 13% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 5 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Sandhurst is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Sandhurst's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Sandhurst, against a full-month average of 17.5 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2003, with 1,096 mm from the average of 5 local rain gauges, against an average of 820 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 536 mm.
23 Dec 2013: 44.0 mm on average across 5 local rain gauges, and up to 52.2 mm at one of them, during 2013-14 UK winter floods. Records since 13 Jun 2002.
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 Sandhurst's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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