Crap Towns / Taunton / Weather
How often does it rain in Taunton?
It rains in Taunton on 133 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 399th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 794 mm a year, about the same as the typical town's 766. It gets 1,560 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 417th sunniest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 133 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 794 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,560 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Wellington | 9.8 km | 142 |
| Chard | 18.8 km | 142 |
| Cullompton | 27.4 km | 139 |
| Honiton | 25.7 km | 138 |
| Highbridge | 24.3 km | 133 |
| Taunton | – | 133 |
| Burnham-on-Sea | 26.0 km | 133 |
| Ilminster | 16.9 km | 133 |
| Bridgwater | 13.7 km | 129 |
| Crewkerne | 26.5 km | 129 |
| Somerton | 25.7 km | 125 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |