Crap Towns / Lancaster / Weather

How often does it rain in Lancaster?

It rains in Lancaster on 160 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 26% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 157th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,118 mm a year, 46% higher than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,455 hours of sunshine a year, 5% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 274th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)160127
Rainfall (mm)1,118766
Hours of sunshine1,4551,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Ulverston24.5 km168
Garstang16.4 km163
Lancaster–160
Bolton-le-Sands4.2 km160
Carnforth8.7 km157
Heysham5.5 km156
Morecambe3.7 km152
Poulton-le-Fylde25.4 km150
Cleveleys24.5 km149
Thornton23.7 km148
Fleetwood21.7 km147
The typical town–127