Crap Towns / Accrington / Weather

How often does it rain in Accrington?

It rains in Accrington on 173 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 36% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 54th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,170 mm a year, 1.5 times the typical town's 766. It gets 1,307 hours of sunshine a year, 15% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 38th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)173127
Rainfall (mm)1,170766
Hours of sunshine1,3071,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Rawtenstall7.6 km179
Darwen9.1 km178
Haslingden6.8 km177
Oswaldtwistle2.7 km176
Blackburn8.1 km174
Church2.0 km174
Accrington–173
Clayton-le-Moors3.2 km172
Padiham6.5 km171
Great Harwood5.1 km168
Rishton4.2 km166
The typical town–127