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.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)127127
Rainfall (mm)716766
Hours of sunshine1,3921,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Cleckheaton7.1 km144
Liversedge5.2 km137
Gildersome7.8 km136
Mirfield4.3 km135
Morley7.0 km135
Batley3.8 km132
Ossett3.9 km128
Dewsbury–127
East Ardsley7.1 km126
Heckmondwike3.9 km124
Horbury6.1 km122
The typical town–127