Crap Towns / Birstall / Weather
How often does it rain in Birstall?
It rains in Birstall on 118 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 7% lower than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 204th driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 659 mm a year, 14% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,482 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: joint 339th gloomiest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 118 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 659 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,482 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Quorndon | 7.7 km | 129 |
| Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe | 9.2 km | 127 |
| Groby | 7.3 km | 125 |
| Barrow upon Soar | 7.9 km | 125 |
| Anstey | 4.6 km | 124 |
| Mountsorrel | 4.7 km | 122 |
| Leicester | 5.6 km | 122 |
| Thurmaston | 2.2 km | 120 |
| Sileby | 5.8 km | 119 |
| Birstall | – | 118 |
| Syston | 3.9 km | 118 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |