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How much rain fell in Walderton, West Sussex? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.2mm of rain forecast for the area around Walderton, heaviest in the hour to 08:00 (0.5mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 05:05 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 Walderton | 0.2km | 3.6mm | 95.4mm | 127.4mm | 0.0mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr West Dean nr West Dean | 6.3km | 7.4mm | 119.2mm | 153.7mm | 0.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Havant nr Havant | 8.5km | 3.4mm | 92.0mm | 118.5mm | 0.0mm |
Daily totals 27 Sep–26 Oct. Wettest day: 23.8mm.
18 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Walderton, against a full-month average of 17.0 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 698 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 690 mm by the same date in an average year (2000–2025) — about average.
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: 2000 (1,281 mm). Driest: 2005 (696 mm). Average: 939 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.
Walderton gets about 978 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 116 mm; driest May, 54 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 Walderton's monitored area.
1 storm overflow within 5 km of the centre of Walderton's monitored area. The 1 with a live status is not 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 West Sussex, England
Walderton is a hamlet in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the B2146 road 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Emsworth. It is in the civil parish of Stoughton. The name Walderton derives from the town of Wealdhere's people.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
4.8mm of rain fell yesterday (26 Oct 2026), from the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km of Walderton.
October so far: 122.0mm vs 113.6mm October average — 7% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 27 days in). Figures are the average of 6 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Walderton is the nearest rain gauge, 0.2km from the centre of Walderton'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 Walderton, against a full-month average of 17.0 rain days.
2000 was the wettest year in the record since 2000, with 1,281 mm from the average of 6 local rain gauges, against an average of 939 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 696 mm.
15 Sep 2000: 60.2 mm on average across 6 local rain gauges, and up to 77.8 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 Walderton's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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