Crap Towns / Helston / Weather
How often does it rain in Helston?
It rains in Helston on 154 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 21% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 210th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,049 mm a year, 37% higher than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,606 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 295th sunniest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 154 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 1,049 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,606 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Penzance | 19.7 km | 162 |
| Penryn | 13.5 km | 162 |
| Redruth | 15.1 km | 161 |
| Pool and Illogan | 15.4 km | 159 |
| Falmouth | 14.5 km | 158 |
| Truro | 23.8 km | 157 |
| St Ives | 19.5 km | 157 |
| Camborne | 12.7 km | 156 |
| Helston | – | 154 |
| Newquay | 37.8 km | 152 |
| Hayle | 14.1 km | 151 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |