Crap Towns / Blandford Forum / Weather
How often does it rain in Blandford Forum?
It rains in Blandford Forum on 128 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 483rd wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 939 mm a year, 23% higher than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,570 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: joint 389th sunniest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 128 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 939 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,570 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Shaftesbury | 16.5 km | 137 |
| Verwood | 20.0 km | 132 |
| Wimborne Minster | 15.2 km | 129 |
| Corfe Mullen | 14.6 km | 129 |
| Merley | 16.2 km | 128 |
| Blandford Forum | – | 128 |
| Ferndown | 19.5 km | 127 |
| West Moors | 20.1 km | 125 |
| Upton | 16.7 km | 125 |
| Wool | 19.4 km | 125 |
| Wareham | 19.2 km | 122 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |