Crap Towns / Blackpool / Weather
How often does it rain in Blackpool?
It rains in Blackpool on 150 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 18% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 250th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 932 mm a year, 22% higher than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,567 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 400th sunniest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 150 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 932 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,567 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Cottam | 16.0 km | 160 |
| Kirkham | 9.9 km | 158 |
| Longton | 17.6 km | 154 |
| Tarleton and Hesketh Bank | 16.0 km | 153 |
| Poulton-le-Fylde | 6.4 km | 150 |
| Blackpool | – | 150 |
| Southport | 18.0 km | 149 |
| Cleveleys | 9.6 km | 149 |
| Lytham St Anne's | 5.3 km | 149 |
| Thornton | 8.9 km | 148 |
| Fleetwood | 12.9 km | 147 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |