Crap Towns / Newtown / Weather
How often does it rain in Newtown?
It rains in Newtown 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 joint 199th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 935 mm a year, 22% higher than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,346 hours of sunshine a year, 12% lower than the typical town's 1,532: joint 97th gloomiest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 155 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 935 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,346 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Aberystwyth | 52.0 km | 160 |
| Llandrindod Wells | 29.7 km | 160 |
| Newtown | – | 155 |
| Oswestry | 42.8 km | 147 |
| Acrefair and Cefn-mawr | 54.8 km | 144 |
| Welshpool | 20.8 km | 139 |
| Wem | 56.1 km | 134 |
| Bayston Hill | 41.3 km | 132 |
| Ludlow | 44.2 km | 130 |
| Shrewsbury | 44.6 km | 128 |
| Leominster | 50.3 km | 124 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |