Crap Towns / Chester-le-Street / Weather
How often does it rain in Chester-le-Street?
It rains in Chester-le-Street on 130 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 the 453rd wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 692 mm a year, 10% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,517 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 450th gloomiest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 130 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 692 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,517 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Pelton and Ouston | 3.0 km | 134 |
| Sacriston | 5.1 km | 134 |
| Stanley | 7.4 km | 133 |
| Birtley | 4.8 km | 132 |
| Chester-le-Street | – | 130 |
| Washington | 6.8 km | 127 |
| Hetton-le-Hole | 9.0 km | 127 |
| Durham | 8.1 km | 125 |
| Fence Houses | 5.1 km | 125 |
| Houghton-le-Spring | 6.9 km | 124 |
| Shiney Row and Penshaw | 6.0 km | 124 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |