Crap Towns / Poole / Weather
How often does it rain in Poole?
It rains in Poole on 125 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), about the same as the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 451st driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 907 mm a year, 18% higher than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,754 hours of sunshine a year, 14% higher than the typical town's 1,532: the 47th sunniest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 125 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 907 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,754 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Wimborne Minster | 8.8 km | 129 |
| Corfe Mullen | 6.4 km | 129 |
| Merley | 6.2 km | 128 |
| Ferndown | 9.5 km | 127 |
| Poole | – | 125 |
| West Moors | 12.2 km | 125 |
| Upton | 5.3 km | 125 |
| Ashley Heath | 14.5 km | 124 |
| Swanage | 12.5 km | 124 |
| Bournemouth | 5.8 km | 123 |
| Wareham | 11.9 km | 122 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |