#1Crewe
74,116 peopleRain a year·15 days of 10 mm+·#943 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Crewe, #1 on this list · Photo: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.0Cheshire rankings · Climate
Driest towns in Cheshire
Crewe is the driest of Cheshire’s 46 towns of 2,500+: 712 mm of rain in a typical year (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here gets 795 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.
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#2Saughall
2,655 peopleRain a year·16 days of 10 mm+·#999 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#3Christleton and Waverton
2,670 peopleRain a year·15 days of 10 mm+·#1,002 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 46 towns, ranked
Rain a year, lowest 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.
46 towns.
#TownRain a yearDays 10 mm+UK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
What is the driest town in Cheshire?
Crewe: 712 mm of rain in a typical year, the most in October 74 mm. Saughall and Christleton and Waverton follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the rain that falls in a typical year, least 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 Cheshire’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Cheshire 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.
Best places to live46 towns · #1 KelsallBest small towns26 towns · #1 KelsallMost affordable towns46 towns · #1 BurtonwoodSafest towns46 towns · #1 PickmereTowns with the best schools46 towns · #1 KelsallHealthiest towns46 towns · #1 KelsallBest towns for jobs & income46 towns · #1 PrestburyMost walkable towns46 towns · #1 ChesterTowns with the lowest flood risk46 towns · #1 Alderley Edge and 14 moreBest towns for the outdoors46 towns · #1 RuncornMost historic towns46 towns · #1 DisleyTowns with the most civic life46 towns · #1 PrestburyTowns with the highest household incomes46 towns · #1 PrestburyDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax46 towns · #1 WidnesDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters46 towns · #1 NorthwichDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers46 towns · #1 CuddingtonDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers46 towns · #1 DisleyDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts46 towns · #1 NorthwichDescribed, no lettersWettest towns46 towns · #1 DisleyDescribed, no letters
County by county
Driest towns, county by county
AberdeenshireBedfordshireBerkshireBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCheshireClwydCornwallCounty DurhamCumbriaDerbyshireDevonDorsetDyfedEast Riding of YorkshireEast SussexEssexFifeGloucestershireGreater ManchesterGwentHampshireHertfordshireHighlandKentLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonMerseysideMid GlamorganNorfolkNorth LanarkshireNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshireShropshireSomersetSouth LanarkshireSouth YorkshireStaffordshireSuffolkSurreyTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWiltshireWorcestershire
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