Crap Towns / Hitchin / Weather
How often does it rain in Hitchin?
It rains in Hitchin on 115 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 9% lower than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 139th driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 645 mm a year, 16% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,582 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 355th sunniest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 115 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 645 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,582 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Luton | 12.4 km | 120 |
| Harpenden | 16.2 km | 118 |
| Stevenage | 7.4 km | 118 |
| Flitwick | 16.6 km | 117 |
| Hitchin | – | 115 |
| Letchworth | 4.4 km | 113 |
| Biggleswade | 14.7 km | 112 |
| Shefford | 10.3 km | 112 |
| Baldock | 6.9 km | 111 |
| Stotfold | 7.3 km | 110 |
| Arlesey | 6.9 km | 109 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |