Crap Towns / Rutherglen / Weather
How often does it rain in Rutherglen?
It rains in Rutherglen on 170 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 34% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 77th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,056 mm a year, 38% higher than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,337 hours of sunshine a year, 13% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 77th gloomiest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 170 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 1,056 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,337 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Newton Mearns | 9.0 km | 182 |
| Stepps | 8.5 km | 180 |
| Clarkston | 6.3 km | 178 |
| East Kilbride | 7.1 km | 177 |
| Giffnock | 5.8 km | 173 |
| Glasgow | 5.3 km | 173 |
| Rutherglen | – | 170 |
| Cambuslang | 3.3 km | 169 |
| Blantyre | 7.8 km | 164 |
| Uddingston | 7.9 km | 162 |
| Bothwell | 8.5 km | 161 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |