Crap Towns / Thornton / Weather

How often does it rain in Thornton?

It rains in Thornton on 148 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 17% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 264th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 954 mm a year, 25% higher than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,548 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 444th sunniest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)148127
Rainfall (mm)954766
Hours of sunshine1,5481,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Garstang15.0 km163
Cottam18.2 km160
Fulwood20.7 km160
Kirkham14.0 km158
Heysham21.4 km156
Poulton-le-Fylde3.3 km150
Blackpool8.9 km150
Cleveleys2.3 km149
Lytham St Anne's14.0 km149
Thornton–148
Fleetwood4.4 km147
The typical town–127