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How often does it rain in Prestonpans?
It rains in Prestonpans on 122 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 336th driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 650 mm a year, 15% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,473 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: joint 321st gloomiest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 122 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 650 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,473 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Gorebridge | 13.1 km | 146 |
| Bonnyrigg | 12.2 km | 145 |
| Loanhead | 13.9 km | 144 |
| Mayfield | 10.7 km | 142 |
| Dalkeith | 8.8 km | 141 |
| Edinburgh | 14.9 km | 132 |
| Musselburgh | 4.8 km | 129 |
| Tranent | 2.3 km | 125 |
| Haddington | 12.2 km | 125 |
| Prestonpans | – | 122 |
| Cockenzie | 2.8 km | 118 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |