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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.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)172127
Rainfall (mm)1,173766
Hours of sunshine1,3071,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Mossley10.5 km173
Glossop–172
New Mills9.2 km169
Stalybridge8.0 km167
Hadfield3.2 km167
Romiley9.4 km166
Hattersley5.7 km165
Marple9.8 km163
Bredbury and Woodley11.1 km162
Hyde8.4 km162
Dukinfield10.0 km159
The typical town–127