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How often does it rain in Heywood?

It rains in Heywood 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 joint 58th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,187 mm a year, 1.5 times the typical town's 766. It gets 1,322 hours of sunshine a year, 14% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 55th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)172127
Rainfall (mm)1,187766
Hours of sunshine1,3221,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Whitworth8.4 km177
Milnrow8.1 km175
Rochdale5.1 km175
Heywood–172
Royton7.0 km171
Bury4.6 km170
Middleton4.0 km169
Chadderton7.4 km167
Whitefield5.9 km162
Radcliffe6.9 km161
Prestwich7.2 km159
The typical town–127