Crap Towns / Melksham / Weather
How often does it rain in Melksham?
It rains in Melksham on 127 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 476th driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 761 mm a year, about the same as the typical town's 766. It gets 1,645 hours of sunshine a year, 7% higher than the typical town's 1,532: the 179th sunniest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 127 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 761 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,645 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Frome | 20.8 km | 138 |
| Warminster | 19.4 km | 138 |
| Corsham | 7.4 km | 137 |
| Bath | 16.4 km | 135 |
| Bradford-on-Avon | 8.9 km | 133 |
| Calne | 11.7 km | 132 |
| Trowbridge | 7.4 km | 130 |
| Devizes | 10.5 km | 129 |
| Westbury | 13.2 km | 129 |
| Chippenham | 9.2 km | 129 |
| Melksham | – | 127 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |