Crap Towns / Skelmersdale / Weather

How often does it rain in Skelmersdale?

It rains in Skelmersdale on 159 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 25% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 173rd wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 968 mm a year, 26% higher than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,456 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 276th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)159127
Rainfall (mm)968766
Hours of sunshine1,4561,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Wigan8.8 km163
Standish9.4 km162
Orrell5.0 km161
Shevington6.4 km161
Rainford5.3 km159
Skelmersdale–159
Appley Bridge5.6 km158
Ormskirk6.7 km157
Burscough7.1 km155
Lydiate10.8 km154
Kirkby10.1 km153
The typical town–127