Crap Towns / Pontefract / Weather
How often does it rain in Pontefract?
It rains in Pontefract on 116 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 9% lower than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 171st driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 587 mm a year, 23% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,410 hours of sunshine a year, 8% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 193rd gloomiest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 116 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 587 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,410 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Kippax | 9.5 km | 127 |
| Allerton Bywater | 8.8 km | 125 |
| Ackworth Moor Top | 6.0 km | 121 |
| Featherstone | 3.6 km | 120 |
| Castleford | 3.8 km | 120 |
| Hemsworth | 9.3 km | 120 |
| Normanton | 6.9 km | 119 |
| Crofton | 8.8 km | 118 |
| Pontefract | – | 116 |
| Knottingley | 3.9 km | 116 |
| Upton | 8.6 km | 115 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |