Crap Towns / Atherton / Weather

How often does it rain in Atherton?

It rains in Atherton on 160 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 26% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 161st wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 998 mm a year, 30% higher than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,409 hours of sunshine a year, 8% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 192nd gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)160127
Rainfall (mm)998766
Hours of sunshine1,4091,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Westhoughton3.0 km171
Farnworth6.0 km170
Hindley5.8 km169
Little Hulton4.6 km169
Platt Bridge and Abram7.4 km167
Walkden6.2 km163
Kearsley7.6 km161
Worsley7.3 km161
Atherton–160
Tyldesley2.6 km160
Leigh4.2 km154
The typical town–127