Crap Towns / Ashton-in-Makerfield / Weather

How often does it rain in Ashton-in-Makerfield?

It rains in Ashton-in-Makerfield on 163 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 28% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 124th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 962 mm a year, 26% higher than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,449 hours of sunshine a year, 5% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 260th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)163127
Rainfall (mm)962766
Hours of sunshine1,4491,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Hindley6.4 km169
Platt Bridge and Abram4.0 km167
Ince-in-Makerfield5.3 km167
Ashton-in-Makerfield–163
Wigan6.0 km163
Orrell6.8 km161
Golborne4.6 km161
Haydock3.3 km160
Newton-le-Willows4.5 km160
St Helens8.2 km157
Leigh7.0 km154
The typical town–127