Crap Towns / Skegness / Weather
How often does it rain in Skegness?
It rains in Skegness on 114 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 10% lower than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 110th driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 625 mm a year, 18% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,637 hours of sunshine a year, 7% higher than the typical town's 1,532: the 191st sunniest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 114 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 625 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,637 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Louth | 32.8 km | 124 |
| Horncastle | 30.2 km | 122 |
| King's Lynn | 42.9 km | 122 |
| Mablethorpe | 22.5 km | 121 |
| Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe | 17.8 km | 121 |
| Long Sutton | 42.1 km | 117 |
| Boston | 29.6 km | 115 |
| Skegness | – | 114 |
| Holbeach | 42.9 km | 114 |
| Coningsby and Tattershall | 33.3 km | 112 |
| Kirton | 34.7 km | 111 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |