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How much rain fell in Worthing, West Sussex? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 2.6mm of rain forecast for the area around Worthing, heaviest in the hour to Tue 08:00 (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.
Chance of rain in Worthing
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 95% chance of more than 1 mm, 35% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: 95% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 16:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point 2.2 km from Worthing. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Worthing | 0.0km | 0.2mm | 89.5mm | 121.7mm | 4.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Angmering nr Angmering | 7.8km | 0.3mm | 89.9mm | 121.4mm | 4.1mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Horsham nr Horsham | 10.2km | 0.9mm | 124.2mm | 159.9mm | 5.2mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 29.5mm.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Worthing, against a full-month average of 17.8 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 691 mm (1 Jan to 25 Oct), against 656 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — 5% wetter.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 4 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (1,191 mm). Driest: 2005 (581 mm). Average: 888 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 4 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.
Worthing gets about 927 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 113 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), 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
A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Worthing's monitored area.
9 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Worthing's monitored area. None of the 8 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: © 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.
Town and borough in West Sussex, England
Worthing is a seaside town and borough in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, 11 miles (18 km) west of Brighton, and 18 miles (29 km) east of Chichester. With a population of 113,094 and an area of 12.5 square miles (32.4 km2), the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton and Hove built-up area, the 15th most populous urban area in the United Kingdom. Northern parts of the borough, including the Worthing Downland Estate, form part of the South Downs National Park. In 2019, the Art Deco Worthing Pier was dubbed the best in Britain.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.5mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km of Worthing.
October so far: 138.2mm vs 108.4mm October average — 27% wetter (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 4 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Worthing is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Worthing's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
20 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Worthing, against a full-month average of 17.8 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 1,191 mm from the average of 4 local rain gauges, against an average of 888 mm a year. The driest was 2005, with 581 mm.
10 Jun 2012: 56.3 mm on average across 4 local rain gauges. Records since 17 Feb 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 Worthing's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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