Crap Towns / St Helens / Weather

How often does it rain in St Helens?

It rains in St Helens on 157 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 24% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 184th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 916 mm a year, 20% higher than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,454 hours of sunshine a year, 5% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 269th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)157127
Rainfall (mm)916766
Hours of sunshine1,4541,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Ashton-in-Makerfield8.2 km163
Orrell9.7 km161
Golborne11.0 km161
Haydock5.0 km160
Newton-le-Willows7.1 km160
Rainford7.1 km159
St Helens–157
Prescot4.7 km154
Huyton with Roby8.5 km153
Kirkby10.2 km153
Widnes8.5 km152
The typical town–127