#1Stanton Hill and Skegby
4,568 peopleRain a year·23 days of 10 mm+·#1,109 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Stanton Hill and Skegby, #1 on this list · Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0Nottinghamshire rankings · Climate
Wettest towns in Nottinghamshire
Stanton Hill and Skegby is the wettest of Nottinghamshire’s 49 towns of 2,500+: 812 mm of rain in a typical year (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here gets 669 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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#2Huthwaite
5,069 peopleRain a year·22 days of 10 mm+·#1,136 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#3Selston
6,278 peopleRain a year·20 days of 10 mm+·#1,155 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 49 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.
49 towns.
#TownRain a yearDays 10 mm+UK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
What is the wettest town in Nottinghamshire?
Stanton Hill and Skegby: 812 mm of rain in a typical year, the most in November 82 mm. Huthwaite and Selston 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 Nottinghamshire’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Nottinghamshire 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 live49 towns · #1 West BridgfordBest small towns29 towns · #1 KeyworthMost affordable towns49 towns · #1 CotgraveSafest towns49 towns · #1 RavensheadTowns with the best schools49 towns · #1 CollinghamHealthiest towns49 towns · #1 KeyworthBest towns for jobs & income49 towns · #1 West BridgfordMost walkable towns49 towns · #1 NottinghamTowns with the lowest flood risk49 towns · #1 Annesley Woodhouse and 14 moreBest towns for the outdoors49 towns · #1 RuddingtonMost historic towns49 towns · #1 SouthwellTowns with the most civic life49 towns · #1 SouthwellTowns with the highest household incomes49 towns · #1 EdwaltonDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax49 towns · #1 EdwaltonDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters49 towns · #1 WilfordDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers49 towns · #1 RuddingtonDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers49 towns · #1 Annesley Woodhouse and 2 moreDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts49 towns · #1 NottinghamDescribed, no lettersDriest towns49 towns · #1 BinghamDescribed, 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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