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.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 163 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 1,161 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,483 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Millom | 41.7 km | 177 |
| Egremont | 7.0 km | 172 |
| Cleator Moor | 4.3 km | 169 |
| Ulverston | 50.1 km | 168 |
| Cockermouth | 19.5 km | 165 |
| Whitehaven | – | 163 |
| Dalton-in-Furness | 49.9 km | 162 |
| Maryport | 20.0 km | 161 |
| Workington | 11.2 km | 160 |
| Wigton | 41.5 km | 158 |
| Seaton | 13.8 km | 158 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |