#T1Hartlepool
88,001 peopleRain a year·13 days of 10 mm+·#196 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Hartlepool, #1 on this list · Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0County Durham rankings · Climate
Driest towns in County Durham
Hartlepool (tied with 1 more) is the driest of County Durham’s 52 towns of 2,500+: 604 mm of rain in a typical year (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here gets 714 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.
#T1604mm
#T1Horden
6,805 peopleRain a year·13 days of 10 mm+·#196 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#3Middleton St George
4,756 peopleRain a year·12 days of 10 mm+·#253 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 52 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.
52 towns.
#TownRain a yearDays 10 mm+UK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
What is the driest town in County Durham?
Hartlepool: 604 mm of rain in a typical year, the most in November 67 mm. Horden and Middleton St George 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 County Durham’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in County Durham 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 live52 towns · #1 EgglescliffeBest small towns38 towns · #1 SedgefieldMost affordable towns52 towns · #1 Stockton-on-TeesSafest towns52 towns · #1 WynyardTowns with the best schools52 towns · #1 Barnard CastleHealthiest towns52 towns · #1 WynyardBest towns for jobs & income52 towns · #1 WynyardMost walkable towns52 towns · #1 Barnard CastleTowns with the lowest flood risk52 towns · #1 Blackhall Colliery and 23 moreBest towns for the outdoors52 towns · #1 SeahamMost historic towns52 towns · #1 Barnard CastleTowns with the most civic life52 towns · #1 Barnard CastleTowns with the highest household incomes52 towns · #1 WynyardDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax52 towns · #1 DarlingtonDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters52 towns · #1 Horden and SeahamDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers52 towns · #1 Stockton-on-TeesDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers52 towns · #1 Consett and LeadgateDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts52 towns · #1 HartlepoolDescribed, no lettersWettest towns52 towns · #1 Esh WinningDescribed, no letters
County by county
Driest towns, county by county
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