Crap Towns / Walkden / Weather

How often does it rain in Walkden?

It rains in Walkden on 163 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 28% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 124th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,002 mm a year, 31% higher than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,408 hours of sunshine a year, 8% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 191st gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)163127
Rainfall (mm)1,002766
Hours of sunshine1,4081,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Farnworth3.2 km170
Little Hulton1.9 km169
Little Lever5.1 km167
Walkden–163
Kearsley2.7 km161
Worsley2.0 km161
Atherton6.2 km160
Swinton3.2 km160
Tyldesley4.6 km160
Clifton4.7 km160
Eccles4.5 km154
The typical town–127