#1Saltburn-by-the-Sea
5,874 peopleRain a year·11 days of 10 mm+·#86 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Saltburn-by-the-Sea, #1 on this list · Photo: William Matthews · CC BY-SA 2.0North Yorkshire rankings · Climate
Driest towns in North Yorkshire
Saltburn-by-the-Sea is the driest of North Yorkshire’s 56 towns of 2,500+: 576 mm of rain in a typical year (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here gets 677 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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#2Marske-by-the-Sea
7,576 peopleRain a year·12 days of 10 mm+·#92 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#3New Marske
2,990 peopleRain a year·15 days of 10 mm+·#131 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 56 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.
56 towns.
#TownRain a yearDays 10 mm+UK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
What is the driest town in North Yorkshire?
Saltburn-by-the-Sea: 576 mm of rain in a typical year, the most in June 63 mm. Marske-by-the-Sea and New Marske 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 North Yorkshire’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in North Yorkshire 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 live54 towns · #1 Ingleby BarwickBest small towns37 towns · #1 DunningtonMost affordable towns54 towns · #1 Thornaby-on-TeesSafest towns54 towns · #1 DunningtonTowns with the best schools54 towns · #1 Ingleby BarwickHealthiest towns54 towns · #1 PannalBest towns for jobs & income54 towns · #1 PannalMost walkable towns54 towns · #1 YorkTowns with the lowest flood risk54 towns · #1 Brotton and 7 moreBest towns for the outdoors54 towns · #1 WhitbyMost historic towns54 towns · #1 WhitbyTowns with the most civic life54 towns · #1 Great AytonTowns with the highest household incomes56 towns · #1 Ingleby BarwickDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax56 towns · #1 YorkDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters56 towns · #1 RedcarDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers56 towns · #1 Upper PoppletonDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers56 towns · #1 Richmond and SettleDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts56 towns · #1 RedcarDescribed, no lettersWettest towns56 towns · #1 SettleDescribed, 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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