Crap Towns / Market Drayton / Weather
How often does it rain in Market Drayton?
It rains in Market Drayton on 135 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 6% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 366th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 729 mm a year, about the same as the typical town's 766. It gets 1,466 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 298th gloomiest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 135 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 729 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,466 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Stoke-on-Trent | 24.3 km | 152 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 20.7 km | 150 |
| Haslington | 22.4 km | 144 |
| Stone | 23.1 km | 142 |
| Crewe | 21.0 km | 140 |
| Nantwich | 17.8 km | 140 |
| Whitchurch | 15.2 km | 138 |
| Telford | 24.4 km | 136 |
| Market Drayton | – | 135 |
| Wem | 16.8 km | 134 |
| Newport | 17.2 km | 133 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |