Crap Towns / Gillingham / Weather
How often does it rain in Gillingham?
It rains in Gillingham on 135 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 6% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 372nd wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 850 mm a year, 11% higher than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,494 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 375th gloomiest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 135 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 850 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,494 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Shepton Mallet | 25.2 km | 148 |
| Radstock | 30.6 km | 140 |
| Wincanton | 9.6 km | 139 |
| Frome | 21.7 km | 138 |
| Warminster | 19.8 km | 138 |
| Shaftesbury | 6.9 km | 137 |
| Gillingham | – | 135 |
| Yeovil | 28.3 km | 131 |
| Sherborne | 19.6 km | 130 |
| Westbury | 25.7 km | 129 |
| Blandford Forum | 21.4 km | 128 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |