Crap Towns / Rotherham / Weather

How often does it rain in Rotherham?

It rains in Rotherham on 128 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 486th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 681 mm a year, 11% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,520 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 458th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)128127
Rainfall (mm)681766
Hours of sunshine1,5201,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Ecclesfield and Grenoside7.7 km138
Rotherham–128
Rawmarsh3.6 km126
Wickersley and Bramley4.8 km125
Brinsworth3.3 km125
Swallownest and Aston7.7 km122
Thrybergh and Dalton4.2 km122
Thurcroft7.3 km122
Waverley and Catcliffe5.0 km121
Swinton6.5 km117
Wath upon Dearne8.0 km113
The typical town–127