Crap Towns / Thetford / Weather
How often does it rain in Thetford?
It rains in Thetford on 118 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 7% lower than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 220th driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 659 mm a year, 14% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,554 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 427th sunniest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 118 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 659 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,554 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Swaffham | 26.1 km | 125 |
| Watton | 18.4 km | 123 |
| Attleborough | 21.6 km | 121 |
| Diss | 25.2 km | 118 |
| Thetford | – | 118 |
| Brandon | 9.1 km | 117 |
| Newmarket | 29.4 km | 115 |
| Bury St Edmunds | 18.7 km | 115 |
| Soham | 29.0 km | 113 |
| Red Lodge | 21.2 km | 113 |
| Mildenhall | 17.8 km | 108 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |