Crap Towns / Glossop / Weather
How often does it rain in Glossop?
It rains in Glossop on 172 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 35% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 60th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,173 mm a year, 1.5 times the typical town's 766. It gets 1,307 hours of sunshine a year, 15% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 36th gloomiest.
172 days of rain a year. The Peak District's lovely, apparently. Somebody saw it once.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 172 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 1,173 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,307 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Mossley | 10.5 km | 173 |
| Glossop | – | 172 |
| New Mills | 9.2 km | 169 |
| Stalybridge | 8.0 km | 167 |
| Hadfield | 3.2 km | 167 |
| Romiley | 9.4 km | 166 |
| Hattersley | 5.7 km | 165 |
| Marple | 9.8 km | 163 |
| Bredbury and Woodley | 11.1 km | 162 |
| Hyde | 8.4 km | 162 |
| Dukinfield | 10.0 km | 159 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |