Crap Towns / Whitehaven / Weather

How often does it rain in Whitehaven?

It rains in Whitehaven 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 129th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,161 mm a year, 1.5 times the typical town's 766. It gets 1,483 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 346th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)163127
Rainfall (mm)1,161766
Hours of sunshine1,4831,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Millom41.7 km177
Egremont7.0 km172
Cleator Moor4.3 km169
Ulverston50.1 km168
Cockermouth19.5 km165
Whitehaven–163
Dalton-in-Furness49.9 km162
Maryport20.0 km161
Workington11.2 km160
Wigton41.5 km158
Seaton13.8 km158
The typical town–127