Crap Towns / Leek / Weather

How often does it rain in Leek?

It rains in Leek on 155 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 22% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 202nd wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 973 mm a year, 27% higher than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,382 hours of sunshine a year, 10% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 148th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)155127
Rainfall (mm)973766
Hours of sunshine1,3821,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Buxton18.6 km171
Werrington9.6 km158
Leek–155
Biddulph9.2 km153
Cheadle13.5 km152
Stoke-on-Trent15.0 km152
Newcastle-under-Lyme16.8 km150
Congleton13.9 km150
Blythe Bridge and Forsbrook15.3 km149
Kidsgrove14.1 km145
Alsager17.7 km144
The typical town–127