Crap Towns / Ilkeston / Weather
How often does it rain in Ilkeston?
It rains in Ilkeston on 124 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), about the same as the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 401st driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 723 mm a year, 6% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,498 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 393rd gloomiest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 124 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 723 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,498 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Heanor | 6.1 km | 128 |
| West Hallam | 3.1 km | 127 |
| Eastwood | 5.8 km | 125 |
| Ilkeston | – | 124 |
| Sandiacre | 4.8 km | 123 |
| Breaston and Draycott | 7.2 km | 123 |
| Beeston | 6.8 km | 123 |
| Long Eaton | 8.2 km | 123 |
| Nuthall and Watnall | 6.2 km | 121 |
| Stapleford | 4.5 km | 121 |
| Borrowash | 7.6 km | 121 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |