#1Rhyl
26,982 peopleRain a year·14 days of 10 mm+·#932 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Rhyl, #1 on this list · Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0Clwyd rankings · Climate
Driest towns in Clwyd
Rhyl is the driest of Clwyd’s 39 towns of 2,500+: 710 mm of rain in a typical year (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here gets 840 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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#2Broughton
6,532 peopleRain a year·16 days of 10 mm+·#1,015 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#3Holywell
7,741 peopleRain a year·18 days of 10 mm+·#1,018 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 39 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.
39 towns.
#TownRain a yearDays 10 mm+UK rank
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Questions people ask
What is the driest town in Clwyd?
Rhyl: 710 mm of rain in a typical year, the most in October 81 mm. Broughton and Holywell 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 Clwyd’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Clwyd 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 live39 towns · #1 PenyfforddBest small towns28 towns · #1 PenyfforddMost affordable towns39 towns · #1 RhylSafest towns39 towns · #1 Mynydd IsaHealthiest towns39 towns · #1 PenyfforddBest towns for jobs & income39 towns · #1 GresfordMost walkable towns39 towns · #1 LlandudnoTowns with the lowest flood risk39 towns · #1 Aston and 3 moreBest towns for the outdoors39 towns · #1 PrestatynMost historic towns39 towns · #1 LlangollenTowns with the most civic life39 towns · #1 LlangollenTowns with the highest household incomes39 towns · #1 PenyfforddDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax39 towns · #1 Acrefair and Cefn-mawr and 10 moreDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters39 towns · #1 LlandudnoDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers39 towns · #1 Connah's QuayDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers39 towns · #1 Llanfairfechan and PenmaenmawrDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts39 towns · #1 LlandudnoDescribed, no lettersWettest towns39 towns · #1 PenmaenmawrDescribed, 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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