Porthcawl, #1 on this list · Photo: Betty Longbottom · CC BY-SA 2.0

Mid Glamorgan rankings · Climate

Driest towns in Mid Glamorgan

Porthcawl is the driest of Mid Glamorgan’s 32 towns of 2,500+: 1,188 mm of rain in a typical year (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here gets 1,790 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.

Porthcawl

15,797 people

1,188mm

Rain a year·36 days of 10 mm+·#2,249 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Pyle

14,075 people

1,310mm

Rain a year·40 days of 10 mm+·#2,359 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

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Pontyclun

5,801 people

1,342mm

Rain a year·52 days of 10 mm+·#2,382 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

All 32 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.

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32 towns.

#TownRain a yearDays 10 mm+UK rank

1Porthcawl15,797 people1,188 mm36#2,249 of 2,537 nationally

2Pyle14,075 people1,310 mm40#2,359 of 2,537 nationally

T3Pontyclun5,801 people1,342 mm52#2,382 of 2,537 nationally

T3Talbot Green3,291 people1,342 mm52#2,382 of 2,537 nationally

5Bridgend51,751 people1,399 mm44#2,402 of 2,537 nationally

6Llanharry3,747 people1,445 mm48#2,419 of 2,537 nationally

7Llanharan and Brynna8,106 people1,448 mm51#2,421 of 2,537 nationally

8Taff's Well3,553 people1,462 mm52#2,427 of 2,537 nationally

9Sarn11,867 people1,487 mm52#2,430 of 2,537 nationally

10Pencoed9,119 people1,574 mm51#2,466 of 2,537 nationally

11Beddau7,356 people1,590 mm52#2,468 of 2,537 nationally

12Church Village14,162 people1,599 mm54#2,470 of 2,537 nationally

13Llantrisant4,196 people1,600 mm57#2,471 of 2,537 nationally

14Pontypridd31,895 people1,686 mm58#2,489 of 2,537 nationally

15Merthyr Tydfil39,542 people1,722 mm52#2,497 of 2,537 nationally

16Treharris5,042 people1,780 mm55#2,504 of 2,537 nationally

17Ynysybwl4,580 people1,800 mm62#2,506 of 2,537 nationally

18Abercynon6,376 people1,802 mm62#2,507 of 2,537 nationally

19Tonyrefail11,443 people1,865 mm68#2,511 of 2,537 nationally

20Aberdare37,675 people1,969 mm64#2,519 of 2,537 nationally

21Troedyrhiw and Pentrebach3,780 people1,989 mm58#2,520 of 2,537 nationally

22Mountain Ash13,002 people2,024 mm69#2,521 of 2,537 nationally

23Ogmore Vale3,098 people2,068 mm78#2,522 of 2,537 nationally

24Maesteg18,342 people2,076 mm71#2,523 of 2,537 nationally

25Tonypandy17,209 people2,101 mm73#2,524 of 2,537 nationally

26Tylorstown and Pontygwaith3,551 people2,114 mm74#2,525 of 2,537 nationally

27Porth13,352 people2,153 mm71#2,528 of 2,537 nationally

28Ferndale4,301 people2,382 mm78#2,531 of 2,537 nationally

29Rhondda13,271 people2,402 mm81#2,532 of 2,537 nationally

30Maerdy2,843 people2,411 mm82#2,533 of 2,537 nationally

31Treorchy7,645 people2,503 mm83#2,535 of 2,537 nationally

32Treherbert5,427 people2,687 mm88#2,537 of 2,537 nationally

Quick answers

Questions people ask

What is the driest town in Mid Glamorgan?

Porthcawl: 1,188 mm of rain in a typical year, the most in November 135 mm. Pyle and Pontyclun 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 Mid Glamorgan’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Mid Glamorgan is on the county page.

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