Crap Towns / Barnsley / Weather
How often does it rain in Barnsley?
It rains in Barnsley on 123 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), about the same as the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 386th driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 684 mm a year, 11% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,489 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 360th gloomiest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 123 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 684 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,489 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Dodworth | 4.2 km | 133 |
| Darton | 4.6 km | 130 |
| Barugh Green and Redbrook | 3.5 km | 128 |
| Worsbrough | 3.1 km | 128 |
| Hoyland | 6.6 km | 127 |
| Royston | 4.5 km | 124 |
| Barnsley | – | 123 |
| Cudworth and Shafton | 4.5 km | 119 |
| Grimethorpe | 6.0 km | 119 |
| Wombwell | 5.8 km | 115 |
| Darfield | 6.3 km | 114 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |