#T1Blackwater
7,170 peopleRain a year·18 days of 10 mm+·#748 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Blackwater, #1 on this list · Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0Hampshire rankings · Climate
Driest towns in Hampshire
Blackwater (tied with 1 more) is the driest of Hampshire’s 77 towns of 2,500+: 683 mm of rain in a typical year (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here gets 851 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.
#T1683mm
#T1Hawley
2,581 peopleRain a year·18 days of 10 mm+·#748 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#3Hook
9,062 peopleRain a year·19 days of 10 mm+·#982 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 77 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.
77 towns.
#TownRain a yearDays 10 mm+UK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
What is the driest town in Hampshire?
Blackwater: 683 mm of rain in a typical year, the most in November 78 mm. Hawley and Hook 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 Hampshire’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Hampshire 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 live76 towns · #1 Elvetham HeathBest small towns45 towns · #1 Elvetham HeathMost affordable towns76 towns · #1 HawleySafest towns76 towns · #1 South WonstonTowns with the best schools76 towns · #1 LiphookHealthiest towns76 towns · #1 SwanmoreBest towns for jobs & income76 towns · #1 WhiteleyMost walkable towns76 towns · #1 WinchesterTowns with the lowest flood risk76 towns · #1 Blackfield and Langley and 13 moreBest towns for the outdoors76 towns · #1 Blackfield and Langley and NetleyMost historic towns76 towns · #1 WinchesterTowns with the most civic life76 towns · #1 KingsclereTowns with the highest household incomes77 towns · #1 HookDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax77 towns · #1 BasingstokeDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters77 towns · #1 Lee-on-the-SolentDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers77 towns · #1 WinchesterDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers77 towns · #1 Four MarksDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts77 towns · #1 GosportDescribed, no lettersWettest towns77 towns · #1 LiphookDescribed, 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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