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Wettest towns in Hampshire

Liphook is the wettest of Hampshire’s 77 towns of 2,500+: 1,107 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.

#1

Liphook

7,128 people
1,107mm

Rain a year·36 days of 10 mm+·#381 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#2

Liss

4,749 people
1,004mm

Rain a year·31 days of 10 mm+·#549 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#3

Horndean

34,046 people
979mm

Rain a year·32 days of 10 mm+·#598 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

All 77 towns, ranked

Rain a year, highest 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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77 towns.

#TownRain a yearDays 10 mm+UK rank
1Liphook7,128 people1,107 mm36#381 of 2,537 nationally
2Liss4,749 people1,004 mm31#549 of 2,537 nationally
3Horndean34,046 people979 mm32#598 of 2,537 nationally
9Alton17,883 people922 mm28#710 of 2,537 nationally
10Bordon9,349 people921 mm28#714 of 2,537 nationally
11Bransgore3,688 people919 mm28#721 of 2,537 nationally
12Ringwood12,789 people915 mm29#733 of 2,537 nationally
13Totton28,093 people907 mm27#760 of 2,537 nationally
T17Swanmore3,113 people901 mm27#778 of 2,537 nationally
21Denmead6,509 people887 mm29#821 of 2,537 nationally
25Emsworth11,512 people878 mm26#854 of 2,537 nationally
26Romsey19,923 people876 mm26#861 of 2,537 nationally
27West End10,865 people874 mm28#869 of 2,537 nationally
T29Lindford2,740 people872 mm26#875 of 2,537 nationally
31Hedge End23,195 people871 mm26#879 of 2,537 nationally
32Winchester48,486 people868 mm27#892 of 2,537 nationally
33Marchwood5,776 people862 mm27#913 of 2,537 nationally
36Botley5,900 people854 mm26#946 of 2,537 nationally
T37Eastleigh48,355 people853 mm27#947 of 2,537 nationally
39Southampton249,633 people851 mm27#952 of 2,537 nationally
T40Whiteley9,350 people850 mm25#956 of 2,537 nationally
42Lymington14,870 people848 mm26#965 of 2,537 nationally
47Andover48,484 people836 mm25#1,019 of 2,537 nationally
48Holbury7,339 people835 mm27#1,023 of 2,537 nationally
49Oakley5,264 people834 mm26#1,026 of 2,537 nationally
T51Ashley7,730 people826 mm27#1,061 of 2,537 nationally
T55Netley6,309 people815 mm26#1,099 of 2,537 nationally
57Overton4,350 people811 mm24#1,111 of 2,537 nationally
59Gosport70,120 people795 mm23#1,173 of 2,537 nationally
60Fareham42,633 people790 mm24#1,190 of 2,537 nationally
62Portsmouth223,324 people774 mm23#1,277 of 2,537 nationally
63Havant46,964 people766 mm24#1,309 of 2,537 nationally
64Tadley14,767 people764 mm20#1,316 of 2,537 nationally
65Odiham Garrison town5,091 people760 mm21#1,331 of 2,537 nationally
66Fleet37,800 people759 mm20#1,334 of 2,537 nationally
68Bramley4,730 people741 mm19#1,422 of 2,537 nationally
71Yateley14,676 people735 mm18#1,449 of 2,537 nationally
75Hook9,062 people717 mm19#1,553 of 2,537 nationally
T76Hawley2,581 people683 mm18#1,785 of 2,537 nationally
Quick answers

Questions people ask

What is the wettest town in Hampshire?

Liphook: 1,107 mm of rain in a typical year, the most in November 146 mm. Liss and Horndean follow.

How are these towns ranked?

By the rain that falls in a typical year, most 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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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.