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.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 176 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 1,254 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,286 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Littleborough | 7.0 km | 177 |
| Shaw | – | 176 |
| Milnrow | 3.4 km | 175 |
| Rochdale | 5.8 km | 175 |
| Lees | 5.1 km | 173 |
| Mossley | 7.9 km | 173 |
| Uppermill | 6.9 km | 171 |
| Oldham | 4.6 km | 171 |
| Royton | 2.5 km | 171 |
| Middleton | 7.4 km | 169 |
| Chadderton | 6.6 km | 167 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |