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How much rain fell in Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire? 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 Sutton in Ashfield (under 0.2mm).
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.
Chance of rain in Sutton in Ashfield
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 65% chance of more than 1 mm, 5% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: 80% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 1.6 km from Sutton in Ashfield. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Sutton in Ashfield | 0.0km | 1.4mm | 47.4mm | 79.7mm | 6.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Ravenshead CP nr Ravenshead CP | 6.7km | 0.6mm | 45.8mm | 76.2mm | 7.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Brackenfield CP nr Brackenfield CP | 12.9km | 1.8mm | 48.6mm | 87.8mm | 7.6mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 17.0mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Sutton in Ashfield, against a full-month average of 18.1 rain days (based on 25 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 645 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 602 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — 7% wetter.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 6 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2023 (1,060 mm). Driest: 2011 (506 mm). Average: 773 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 6 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.
Sutton in Ashfield gets about 771 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 81 mm; driest February, 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), 2.6 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: Field Mill, 2.8 km away: 0.80 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Maun →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Sutton in Ashfield's monitored area.
33 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Sutton in Ashfield's monitored area. None of the 32 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: © Severn Trent 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 Nottinghamshire, England
Sutton-in-Ashfield is a market town in Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of 36,404 in 2021. It is the largest town in the district of Ashfield, 4 miles (6 km) west of Mansfield, 2 miles (3 km) from the Derbyshire boundary and 12 miles (19 km) north of Nottingham.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
1.4mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Sutton in Ashfield.
October so far: 83.9mm vs 83.0mm October average — 1% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Sutton in Ashfield is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Sutton in Ashfield's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Sutton in Ashfield, against a full-month average of 18.1 rain days.
2023 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,060 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 773 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 506 mm.
24 Jun 2007: 46.3 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 51.8 mm at one of them, during 2007 UK 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 Sutton in Ashfield's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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