Crap Towns / Grantham / Weather
How often does it rain in Grantham?
It rains in Grantham on 118 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 7% lower than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 206th driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 637 mm a year, 17% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,561 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 414th sunniest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 118 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 637 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,561 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Oakham | 27.2 km | 123 |
| Melton Mowbray | 22.9 km | 121 |
| Grantham | – | 118 |
| Cotgrave | 26.9 km | 117 |
| Radcliffe on Trent | 26.7 km | 117 |
| Bingham | 22.0 km | 116 |
| Sleaford | 18.2 km | 114 |
| Bourne | 23.8 km | 114 |
| Newark-on-Trent | 21.4 km | 111 |
| Ruskington | 22.6 km | 111 |
| Balderton | 18.7 km | 110 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |