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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.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)116127
Rainfall (mm)587766
Hours of sunshine1,4101,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Kippax9.5 km127
Allerton Bywater8.8 km125
Ackworth Moor Top6.0 km121
Featherstone3.6 km120
Castleford3.8 km120
Hemsworth9.3 km120
Normanton6.9 km119
Crofton8.8 km118
Pontefract–116
Knottingley3.9 km116
Upton8.6 km115
The typical town–127