Crap Towns / Whitburn / Weather
How often does it rain in Whitburn?
It rains in Whitburn on 173 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 36% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 49th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,157 mm a year, 1.5 times the typical town's 766. It gets 1,298 hours of sunshine a year, 15% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 26th gloomiest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 173 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 1,157 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,298 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Shotts | 8.5 km | 181 |
| Newmains | 14.4 km | 177 |
| Whitburn | – | 173 |
| Armadale | 3.6 km | 168 |
| Bathgate | 4.8 km | 163 |
| Blackburn | 4.3 km | 161 |
| Livingston | 10.4 km | 155 |
| East Calder | 15.2 km | 153 |
| Linlithgow | 13.6 km | 153 |
| Broxburn | 15.4 km | 151 |
| Polmont | 14.2 km | 148 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |