#1Kilsyth
10,958 peopleRain a year·47 days of 10 mm+·#56 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Kilsyth, #1 on this list · Photo: Tim Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0North Lanarkshire rankings · Climate
Wettest towns in North Lanarkshire
Kilsyth is the wettest of North Lanarkshire’s 24 towns of 2,500+: 1,637 mm of rain in a typical year (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here gets 1,098 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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#2Cumbernauld
50,557 peopleRain a year·42 days of 10 mm+·#149 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#3Plains
3,122 peopleRain a year·35 days of 10 mm+·#220 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 24 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.
24 towns.
#TownRain a yearDays 10 mm+UK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
What is the wettest town in North Lanarkshire?
Kilsyth: 1,637 mm of rain in a typical year, the most in December 184 mm. Cumbernauld and Plains 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 North Lanarkshire’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in North Lanarkshire 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.
Most affordable towns24 towns · #1 Bellshill and 2 moreTowns with the best schools24 towns · #1 HarthillHealthiest towns24 towns · #1 GartcoshMost walkable towns24 towns · #1 MotherwellTowns with the lowest flood risk24 towns · #1 Carfin and 6 moreTowns with the lowest council tax24 towns · #1 Airdrie and 23 moreDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters24 towns · #1 ViewparkDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers24 towns · #1 ViewparkDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers24 towns · #1 ShottsDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts24 towns · #1 SteppsDescribed, no lettersDriest towns24 towns · #1 Bargeddie and ViewparkDescribed, 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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