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Berkshire rankings · Climate

Wettest towns in Berkshire

Lambourn is the wettest of Berkshire’s 30 towns of 2,500+: 832 mm of rain in a typical year (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here gets 681 mm.

Rain in a typical year, in millimetres. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages on its 2 km grid, the cells inside each town averaged (contains Met Office data © Crown copyright). A described list: no letters. The rank across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland sits beside each figure.

#1

Lambourn

3,141 people
832mm

Rain a year·23 days of 10 mm+·#1,033 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#2

Newbury

42,262 people
831mm

Rain a year·24 days of 10 mm+·#1,038 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#3

Hungerford

5,184 people
792mm

Rain a year·22 days of 10 mm+·#1,182 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

All 30 towns, ranked

Rain a year, highest first. Towns smaller than a 2 km cell share its figures. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied). Each rank across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland links to the national list.

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30 towns.

#TownRain a yearDays 10 mm+UK rank
2Newbury42,262 people831 mm24#1,038 of 2,537 nationally
6Ascot24,003 people721 mm18#1,524 of 2,537 nationally
10Theale3,053 people697 mm18#1,686 of 2,537 nationally
18Windsor31,569 people675 mm15#1,844 of 2,537 nationally
20Twyford8,072 people667 mm15#1,895 of 2,537 nationally
21Charvil3,158 people666 mm15#1,901 of 2,537 nationally
22Woodley28,019 people665 mm15#1,918 of 2,537 nationally
24Reading203,789 people660 mm16#1,945 of 2,537 nationally
T25Caversham33,038 people651 mm17#2,018 of 2,537 nationally
29Slough166,868 people641 mm15#2,100 of 2,537 nationally
30Datchet4,807 people618 mm14#2,251 of 2,537 nationally
Quick answers

Questions people ask

What is the wettest town in Berkshire?

Lambourn: 832 mm of rain in a typical year, the most in November 90 mm. Newbury and Hungerford follow.

How are these towns ranked?

By the rain that falls in a typical year, most first, from the Met Office’s 1991–2020 averages on its 2 km grid: the cells inside the town, or the one nearest its centre for a town smaller than a cell. The figure is the one on each town’s Climate page.

Why isn’t my town on this list?

The list covers Berkshire’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Berkshire is on the county page.

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Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.