Crap Towns / Nelson / Weather

How often does it rain in Nelson?

It rains in Nelson on 168 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 32% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 87th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,189 mm a year, 1.6 times the typical town's 766. It gets 1,266 hours of sunshine a year, 17% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 4th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)168127
Rainfall (mm)1,189766
Hours of sunshine1,2661,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Burnley5.1 km173
Accrington14.0 km173
Clayton-le-Moors13.3 km172
Padiham8.0 km171
Clitheroe12.8 km171
Brierfield2.0 km170
Nelson–168
Great Harwood14.3 km168
Colne3.4 km167
Barrowford2.1 km167
Barnoldswick9.3 km165
The typical town–127