Crap Towns / Wakefield / Weather

How often does it rain in Wakefield?

It rains in Wakefield on 119 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 6% lower than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 241st driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 656 mm a year, 14% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,419 hours of sunshine a year, 7% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 211th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)119127
Rainfall (mm)656766
Hours of sunshine1,4191,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Morley9.2 km135
Ossett4.6 km128
Dewsbury8.5 km127
East Ardsley5.5 km126
Crigglestone and Durkar4.9 km126
Rothwell7.7 km125
Horbury4.1 km122
Normanton6.6 km119
Wakefield–119
Havercroft and Ryhill9.0 km119
Crofton5.4 km118
The typical town–127