Crap Towns / Shaw / Weather

How often does it rain in Shaw?

It rains in Shaw on 176 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 39% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 38th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,254 mm a year, 1.6 times the typical town's 766. It gets 1,286 hours of sunshine a year, 16% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 12th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)176127
Rainfall (mm)1,254766
Hours of sunshine1,2861,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Littleborough7.0 km177
Shaw–176
Milnrow3.4 km175
Rochdale5.8 km175
Lees5.1 km173
Mossley7.9 km173
Uppermill6.9 km171
Oldham4.6 km171
Royton2.5 km171
Middleton7.4 km169
Chadderton6.6 km167
The typical town–127