Crap Towns / Preston / Weather

How often does it rain in Preston?

It rains in Preston on 160 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 26% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 158th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,057 mm a year, 38% higher than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,404 hours of sunshine a year, 8% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 185th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)160127
Rainfall (mm)1,057766
Hours of sunshine1,4041,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Longridge9.0 km169
Bamber Bridge5.0 km165
Leyland8.5 km161
Penwortham3.7 km161
Euxton11.1 km161
Cottam5.1 km160
Preston–160
Fulwood2.4 km160
Kirkham11.2 km158
Longton8.5 km154
Tarleton and Hesketh Bank13.0 km153
The typical town–127