Crap Towns / Wigston / Weather
How often does it rain in Wigston?
It rains in Wigston on 120 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 6% lower than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 284th driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 670 mm a year, 13% lower than 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 347th gloomiest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 120 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 670 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,483 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe | 8.4 km | 127 |
| Broughton Astley | 9.5 km | 122 |
| Leicester | 5.5 km | 122 |
| Enderby and Narborough | 6.2 km | 121 |
| Oadby | 3.1 km | 121 |
| Wigston | – | 120 |
| Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt | 9.2 km | 120 |
| Thurmaston | 10.4 km | 120 |
| Countesthorpe | 4.3 km | 118 |
| Blaby and Whetstone | 4.2 km | 118 |
| Birstall | 10.8 km | 118 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |