Crap Towns / Blackburn / Weather

How often does it rain in Blackburn?

It rains in Blackburn on 174 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 37% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 44th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,179 mm a year, 1.5 times the typical town's 766. It gets 1,331 hours of sunshine a year, 13% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 73rd gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)174127
Rainfall (mm)1,179766
Hours of sunshine1,3311,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Darwen5.6 km178
Haslingden12.0 km177
Oswaldtwistle5.6 km176
Blackburn–174
Church6.3 km174
Accrington8.1 km173
Clayton-le-Moors7.5 km172
Longridge12.3 km169
Great Harwood6.8 km168
Rishton5.0 km166
Bamber Bridge12.4 km165
The typical town–127