#1Shrewsbury
76,013 peopleRain a year·14 days of 10 mm+·#562 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Shrewsbury, #1 on this list · Photo: TCExplorer · CC BY-SA 2.0Shropshire rankings · Climate
Driest towns in Shropshire
Shrewsbury is the driest of Shropshire’s 20 towns of 2,500+: 656 mm of rain in a typical year (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here gets 732 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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#2Albrighton
6,983 peopleRain a year·16 days of 10 mm+·#779 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#3Bayston Hill
5,221 peopleRain a year·14 days of 10 mm+·#816 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 Shropshire?
Shrewsbury: 656 mm of rain in a typical year, the most in October 70 mm. Albrighton and Bayston Hill 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 Shropshire’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Shropshire 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 live19 towns · #1 Bayston HillMost affordable towns19 towns · #1 GobowenSafest towns19 towns · #1 Bayston HillTowns with the best schools19 towns · #1 NewportHealthiest towns19 towns · #1 Church StrettonBest towns for jobs & income19 towns · #1 ShifnalMost walkable towns19 towns · #1 LudlowTowns with the lowest flood risk19 towns · #1 Bayston Hill and 3 moreBest towns for the outdoors19 towns · #1 TelfordMost historic towns19 towns · #1 LudlowTowns with the most civic life19 towns · #1 Church StrettonTowns with the highest household incomes20 towns · #1 ShifnalDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax20 towns · #1 NewportDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters20 towns · #1 WhitchurchDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers20 towns · #1 AlbrightonDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers20 towns · #1 Church StrettonDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts20 towns · #1 Gobowen and WhitchurchDescribed, no lettersWettest towns20 towns · #1 Church StrettonDescribed, 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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