#T1Bishop's Itchington
2,530 peopleRain a year·15 days of 10 mm+·#378 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Bishop's Itchington, #1 on this list · Photo: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0Warwickshire rankings · Climate
Driest towns in Warwickshire
Bishop's Itchington (tied with 1 more) is the driest of Warwickshire’s 34 towns of 2,500+: 633 mm of rain in a typical year (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here gets 664 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.
#T1633mm
#T1Wellesbourne
7,015 peopleRain a year·15 days of 10 mm+·#378 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#3Polesworth and Dordon
7,552 peopleRain a year·13 days of 10 mm+·#384 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 34 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.
34 towns.
#TownRain a yearDays 10 mm+UK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
What is the driest town in Warwickshire?
Bishop's Itchington: 633 mm of rain in a typical year, the most in November 62 mm. Wellesbourne and Polesworth and Dordon 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 Warwickshire’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Warwickshire 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 live34 towns · #1 KenilworthBest small towns27 towns · #1 HarburyMost affordable towns34 towns · #1 RugbySafest towns34 towns · #1 HarburyTowns with the best schools34 towns · #1 KenilworthHealthiest towns34 towns · #1 DunchurchBest towns for jobs & income34 towns · #1 KenilworthMost walkable towns34 towns · #1 Stratford-upon-AvonTowns with the lowest flood risk34 towns · #1 Ash Green and 9 moreBest towns for the outdoors34 towns · #1 Binley WoodsMost historic towns34 towns · #1 Royal Leamington SpaTowns with the most civic life34 towns · #1 Henley-in-ArdenTowns with the highest household incomes34 towns · #1 KenilworthDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax34 towns · #1 Royal Leamington SpaDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters34 towns · #1 Water OrtonDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers34 towns · #1 Bidford-on-Avon and WellesbourneDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers34 towns · #1 Keresley NewlandsDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts34 towns · #1 Water OrtonDescribed, no lettersWettest towns34 towns · #1 Hartshill and Keresley NewlandsDescribed, 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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