Crap Towns / Shrewsbury / Weather
How often does it rain in Shrewsbury?
It rains in Shrewsbury 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 477th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 663 mm a year, 13% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,408 hours of sunshine a year, 8% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 189th gloomiest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 128 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 663 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,408 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Oswestry | 25.6 km | 147 |
| Welshpool | 27.0 km | 139 |
| Whitchurch | 29.0 km | 138 |
| Telford | 19.0 km | 136 |
| Market Drayton | 28.2 km | 135 |
| Wem | 16.4 km | 134 |
| Newport | 26.3 km | 133 |
| Broseley | 20.9 km | 133 |
| Shifnal | 26.4 km | 133 |
| Bayston Hill | 4.3 km | 132 |
| Shrewsbury | – | 128 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |