#1Corbridge
2,888 peopleRain a year·12 days of 10 mm+·#253 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Corbridge, #1 on this list · Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0Northumberland rankings · Climate
Driest towns in Northumberland
Corbridge is the driest of Northumberland’s 20 towns of 2,500+: 614 mm of rain in a typical year (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here gets 682 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.
#1614mm
#2Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
5,951 peopleRain a year·14 days of 10 mm+·#372 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#T3Seaton Delaval
8,012 peopleRain a year·14 days of 10 mm+·#554 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 20 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.
20 towns.
#TownRain a yearDays 10 mm+UK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
What is the driest town in Northumberland?
Corbridge: 614 mm of rain in a typical year, the most in November 67 mm. Newbiggin-by-the-Sea and Seaton Delaval 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 Northumberland’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Northumberland 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 live20 towns · #1 CorbridgeMost affordable towns20 towns · #1 HadstonSafest towns20 towns · #1 CorbridgeTowns with the best schools19 towns · #1 HaltwhistleHealthiest towns20 towns · #1 PontelandBest towns for jobs & income20 towns · #1 PontelandMost walkable towns20 towns · #1 HexhamTowns with the lowest flood risk20 towns · #1 Alnwick and 4 moreBest towns for the outdoors20 towns · #1 HadstonMost historic towns20 towns · #1 Berwick-upon-Tweed and HexhamTowns with the most civic life20 towns · #1 HaltwhistleTowns with the highest household incomes20 towns · #1 PontelandDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax20 towns · #1 HadstonDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters20 towns · #1 Newbiggin-by-the-SeaDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers20 towns · #1 CorbridgeDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers20 towns · #1 HaltwhistleDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts20 towns · #1 Newbiggin-by-the-SeaDescribed, no lettersWettest towns20 towns · #1 HaltwhistleDescribed, 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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