Crap Towns / Heywood / Weather
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.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 172 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 1,187 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,322 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Whitworth | 8.4 km | 177 |
| Milnrow | 8.1 km | 175 |
| Rochdale | 5.1 km | 175 |
| Heywood | – | 172 |
| Royton | 7.0 km | 171 |
| Bury | 4.6 km | 170 |
| Middleton | 4.0 km | 169 |
| Chadderton | 7.4 km | 167 |
| Whitefield | 5.9 km | 162 |
| Radcliffe | 6.9 km | 161 |
| Prestwich | 7.2 km | 159 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |