Crap Towns / Northampton / Weather
How often does it rain in Northampton?
It rains in Northampton on 118 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 7% lower than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 204th driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 646 mm a year, 16% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,535 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 480th sunniest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 118 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 646 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,535 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Daventry | 18.8 km | 123 |
| Brixworth | 9.8 km | 121 |
| Newport Pagnell | 20.8 km | 120 |
| Towcester | 13.7 km | 120 |
| Earls Barton | 10.5 km | 120 |
| Rushden | 21.1 km | 118 |
| Burton Latimer | 20.2 km | 118 |
| Northampton | – | 118 |
| Kettering | 21.3 km | 118 |
| Wellingborough | 15.2 km | 117 |
| Olney | 15.7 km | 115 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |