Crap Towns / Middleton / Weather

How often does it rain in Middleton?

It rains in Middleton on 169 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 33% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 81st 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 1,329 hours of sunshine a year, 13% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 69th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)169127
Rainfall (mm)1,118766
Hours of sunshine1,3291,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Shaw7.4 km176
Rochdale7.1 km175
Heywood4.0 km172
Oldham6.5 km171
Royton5.1 km171
Bury7.8 km170
Middleton–169
Chadderton3.5 km167
Failsworth6.1 km167
Whitefield6.1 km162
Prestwich5.8 km159
The typical town–127