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Driest towns in Cornwall

Bude is the driest of Cornwall’s 35 towns of 2,500+: 917 mm of rain in a typical year (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here gets 1,205 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.

Bude

7,347 people

917mm

Rain a year·25 days of 10 mm+·#1,808 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Newquay

24,543 people

976mm

Rain a year·26 days of 10 mm+·#1,934 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Perranporth

2,752 people

1,043mm

Rain a year·30 days of 10 mm+·#2,033 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

All 35 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.

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35 towns.

#TownRain a yearDays 10 mm+UK rank

1Bude7,347 people917 mm25#1,808 of 2,537 nationally

2Newquay24,543 people976 mm26#1,934 of 2,537 nationally

3Perranporth2,752 people1,043 mm30#2,033 of 2,537 nationally

4St Agnes3,253 people1,045 mm31#2,037 of 2,537 nationally

T5Hayle9,040 people1,050 mm33#2,048 of 2,537 nationally

T5Wadebridge5,626 people1,050 mm35#2,048 of 2,537 nationally

7Camborne20,445 people1,066 mm36#2,077 of 2,537 nationally

8Porthleven3,118 people1,067 mm32#2,080 of 2,537 nationally

9Torpoint7,163 people1,087 mm36#2,125 of 2,537 nationally

10Saltash15,433 people1,092 mm37#2,132 of 2,537 nationally

11Pool and Illogan8,588 people1,098 mm34#2,144 of 2,537 nationally

12Redruth15,455 people1,105 mm36#2,152 of 2,537 nationally

13Probus2,565 people1,133 mm36#2,192 of 2,537 nationally

14Truro23,060 people1,144 mm35#2,201 of 2,537 nationally

15St Columb Major3,663 people1,156 mm38#2,214 of 2,537 nationally

16Threemilestone2,854 people1,192 mm36#2,253 of 2,537 nationally

17Looe5,314 people1,197 mm38#2,261 of 2,537 nationally

18St Ives5,413 people1,205 mm37#2,273 of 2,537 nationally

T19Helston11,366 people1,214 mm34#2,284 of 2,537 nationally

T19Tywardreath2,589 people1,214 mm37#2,284 of 2,537 nationally

21St Blazey6,569 people1,215 mm39#2,286 of 2,537 nationally

T22Carbis Bay3,967 people1,216 mm37#2,287 of 2,537 nationally

T22Falmouth24,066 people1,216 mm35#2,287 of 2,537 nationally

T22St Austell24,361 people1,216 mm40#2,287 of 2,537 nationally

25Penzance14,957 people1,221 mm36#2,293 of 2,537 nationally

26Newlyn3,362 people1,228 mm38#2,296 of 2,537 nationally

27Indian Queens, Fraddon and St Columb Road3,888 people1,262 mm39#2,325 of 2,537 nationally

28Launceston8,431 people1,269 mm41#2,335 of 2,537 nationally

29Bodmin16,904 people1,283 mm44#2,339 of 2,537 nationally

30Callington4,665 people1,308 mm49#2,357 of 2,537 nationally

31Penryn11,194 people1,322 mm44#2,367 of 2,537 nationally

32Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel3,506 people1,323 mm44#2,368 of 2,537 nationally

33Camelford2,983 people1,406 mm50#2,406 of 2,537 nationally

34Lostwithiel3,067 people1,456 mm47#2,425 of 2,537 nationally

35Liskeard10,901 people1,487 mm48#2,430 of 2,537 nationally

Quick answers

Questions people ask

What is the driest town in Cornwall?

Bude: 917 mm of rain in a typical year, the most in November 105 mm. Newquay and Perranporth 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 Cornwall’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Cornwall is on the county page.

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