Crap Towns / Halifax / Weather
How often does it rain in Halifax?
It rains in Halifax on 158 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 24% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 181st wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 983 mm a year, 28% higher than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,329 hours of sunshine a year, 13% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 70th gloomiest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 158 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 983 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,329 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Hebden Bridge | 8.7 km | 171 |
| Linthwaite and Slaithwaite | 11.8 km | 171 |
| Queensbury | 4.7 km | 165 |
| Elland | 5.8 km | 161 |
| Shelf and Northowram | 4.1 km | 161 |
| Halifax | – | 158 |
| Thornton | 7.5 km | 158 |
| Huddersfield | 10.9 km | 157 |
| Brighouse | 7.0 km | 156 |
| Bradford | 10.8 km | 148 |
| Cleckheaton | 11.1 km | 144 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |