#1Whitworth
6,713 peopleRain a year·51 days of 10 mm+·#98 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Whitworth, #1 on this list · Photo: Dr Neil Clifton · CC BY-SA 2.0Lancashire rankings · Climate
Wettest towns in Lancashire
Whitworth is the wettest of Lancashire’s 66 towns of 2,500+: 1,514 mm of rain in a typical year (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here gets 1,067 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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#2Bacup
13,559 peopleRain a year·50 days of 10 mm+·#106 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#3Darwen
27,897 peopleRain a year·44 days of 10 mm+·#123 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 66 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.
66 towns.
#TownRain a yearDays 10 mm+UK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
What is the wettest town in Lancashire?
Whitworth: 1,514 mm of rain in a typical year, the most in December 181 mm. Bacup and Darwen 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 Lancashire’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Lancashire 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 live65 towns · #1 LongtonBest small towns31 towns · #1 EcclestonMost affordable towns65 towns · #1 ChorleySafest towns65 towns · #1 Bolton-le-SandsTowns with the best schools65 towns · #1 CrostonHealthiest towns65 towns · #1 CatonBest towns for jobs & income65 towns · #1 Whittle-le-WoodsMost walkable towns65 towns · #1 LancasterTowns with the lowest flood risk65 towns · #1 Adlington and 5 moreBest towns for the outdoors65 towns · #1 LancasterMost historic towns65 towns · #1 CrostonTowns with the most civic life65 towns · #1 Bolton-le-SandsTowns with the highest household incomes66 towns · #1 GrimsarghDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax66 towns · #1 ClitheroeDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters66 towns · #1 HeyshamDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers66 towns · #1 CarnforthDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers66 towns · #1 BacupDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts66 towns · #1 HeyshamDescribed, no lettersDriest towns66 towns · #1 BanksDescribed, no letters
County by county
Wettest 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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