Crap Towns / Prestwich / Weather
How often does it rain in Prestwich?
It rains in Prestwich on 159 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 25% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 172nd wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,034 mm a year, 35% higher than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,368 hours of sunshine a year, 11% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 129th gloomiest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 159 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 1,034 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,368 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Heywood | 7.2 km | 172 |
| Middleton | 5.8 km | 169 |
| Little Lever | 7.4 km | 167 |
| Whitefield | 2.4 km | 162 |
| Kearsley | 6.8 km | 161 |
| Radcliffe | 5.1 km | 161 |
| Swinton | 5.3 km | 160 |
| Clifton | 3.3 km | 160 |
| Manchester | 7.3 km | 160 |
| Prestwich | – | 159 |
| Salford | 4.2 km | 157 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |