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.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 174 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 1,179 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,331 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Darwen | 5.6 km | 178 |
| Haslingden | 12.0 km | 177 |
| Oswaldtwistle | 5.6 km | 176 |
| Blackburn | – | 174 |
| Church | 6.3 km | 174 |
| Accrington | 8.1 km | 173 |
| Clayton-le-Moors | 7.5 km | 172 |
| Longridge | 12.3 km | 169 |
| Great Harwood | 6.8 km | 168 |
| Rishton | 5.0 km | 166 |
| Bamber Bridge | 12.4 km | 165 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |