Crap Towns / Dewsbury / Weather
How often does it rain in Dewsbury?
It rains in Dewsbury on 127 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 482nd driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 716 mm a year, 7% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,392 hours of sunshine a year, 9% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 167th gloomiest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 127 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 716 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,392 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Cleckheaton | 7.1 km | 144 |
| Liversedge | 5.2 km | 137 |
| Gildersome | 7.8 km | 136 |
| Mirfield | 4.3 km | 135 |
| Morley | 7.0 km | 135 |
| Batley | 3.8 km | 132 |
| Ossett | 3.9 km | 128 |
| Dewsbury | – | 127 |
| East Ardsley | 7.1 km | 126 |
| Heckmondwike | 3.9 km | 124 |
| Horbury | 6.1 km | 122 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |