Crap Towns / Whickham / Weather

How often does it rain in Whickham?

It rains in Whickham on 135 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 6% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 376th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 766 mm a year, about the same as the typical town's 766. It gets 1,486 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 351st gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)135127
Rainfall (mm)766766
Hours of sunshine1,4861,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Whickham–135
Pelton and Ouston8.9 km134
Stanley9.0 km133
Birtley8.3 km132
Rowlands Gill5.5 km128
Crawcrook and Greenside6.8 km128
Gateshead6.5 km126
Blaydon2.2 km126
Newcastle upon Tyne6.5 km123
Ryton5.4 km122
Throckley7.5 km121
The typical town–127