Crap Towns / Castleford / Weather

How often does it rain in Castleford?

It rains in Castleford on 120 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 6% lower than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 282nd driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 637 mm a year, 17% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,398 hours of sunshine a year, 9% lower than the typical town's 1,532: joint 176th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)120127
Rainfall (mm)637766
Hours of sunshine1,3981,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Garforth8.3 km129
Kippax5.7 km127
Allerton Bywater5.1 km125
Rothwell10.7 km125
Ackworth Moor Top9.0 km121
Featherstone4.9 km120
Castleford–120
Normanton5.3 km119
Crofton9.3 km118
Pontefract3.8 km116
Knottingley6.0 km116
The typical town–127