Crap Towns / Widnes / Weather
How often does it rain in Widnes?
It rains in Widnes on 152 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 20% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 229th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 848 mm a year, 11% higher than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,459 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 283rd gloomiest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 152 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 848 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,459 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Haydock | 11.7 km | 160 |
| Newton-le-Willows | 11.4 km | 160 |
| St Helens | 8.5 km | 157 |
| Prescot | 6.3 km | 154 |
| Huyton with Roby | 9.5 km | 153 |
| Liverpool | 13.2 km | 152 |
| Widnes | – | 152 |
| Warrington | 10.1 km | 152 |
| Runcorn | 5.6 km | 151 |
| Frodsham | 9.0 km | 150 |
| Helsby | 11.5 km | 145 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |