#1Northway
4,858 peopleRain a year·15 days of 10 mm+·#571 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Northway, #1 on this list · Photo: Jennifer Luther Thomas · CC BY-SA 2.0Gloucestershire rankings · Climate
Driest towns in Gloucestershire
Northway is the driest of Gloucestershire’s 48 towns of 2,500+: 658 mm of rain in a typical year (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here gets 835 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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#2Tewkesbury
14,387 peopleRain a year·16 days of 10 mm+·#684 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#3Bishop's Cleeve
16,323 peopleRain a year·16 days of 10 mm+·#779 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 48 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.
48 towns.
#TownRain a yearDays 10 mm+UK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
What is the driest town in Gloucestershire?
Northway: 658 mm of rain in a typical year, the most in December 68 mm. Tewkesbury and Bishop's Cleeve 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 Gloucestershire’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Gloucestershire 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 live48 towns · #1 Leonard Stanley and King's StanleyBest small towns31 towns · #1 Leonard Stanley and King's StanleyMost affordable towns48 towns · #1 NorthwaySafest towns48 towns · #1 South CerneyTowns with the best schools48 towns · #1 FairfordHealthiest towns48 towns · #1 PrestburyBest towns for jobs & income48 towns · #1 PrestburyMost walkable towns48 towns · #1 CheltenhamTowns with the lowest flood risk48 towns · #1 Almondsbury and 7 moreBest towns for the outdoors48 towns · #1 MinchinhamptonMost historic towns48 towns · #1 Minchinhampton and Wotton-under-EdgeTowns with the most civic life48 towns · #1 Wotton-under-EdgeTowns with the highest household incomes48 towns · #1 Bradley StokeDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax48 towns · #1 LongfordDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters48 towns · #1 CamDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers48 towns · #1 LongfordDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers48 towns · #1 Broadwell and CoalwayDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts48 towns · #1 PatchwayDescribed, no lettersWettest towns48 towns · #1 Broadwell and CoalwayDescribed, 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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