#1Coventry
344,289 peopleRain a year·17 days of 10 mm+·#864 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Coventry, #1 on this list · Photo: Oliver Mills · CC BY-SA 2.0West Midlands rankings · Climate
Driest towns in West Midlands
Coventry is the driest of West Midlands’ 35 towns of 2,500+: 700 mm of rain in a typical year (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here gets 760 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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#2Sedgley
31,976 peopleRain a year·19 days of 10 mm+·#1,020 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#3Kingswinford
51,900 peopleRain a year·16 days of 10 mm+·#1,051 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 35 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.
35 towns.
#TownRain a yearDays 10 mm+UK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
What is the driest town in West Midlands?
Coventry: 700 mm of rain in a typical year, the most in November 68 mm. Sedgley and Kingswinford 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 West Midlands’ towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in West Midlands 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 live35 towns · #1 Dickens HeathMost affordable towns35 towns · #1 Brierley Hill and DudleySafest towns35 towns · #1 StreetlyTowns with the best schools35 towns · #1 Royal Sutton ColdfieldHealthiest towns35 towns · #1 Knowle and DorridgeBest towns for jobs & income35 towns · #1 Knowle and DorridgeMost walkable towns35 towns · #1 SmethwickTowns with the lowest flood risk35 towns · #1 Aldridge and 7 moreBest towns for the outdoors35 towns · #1 DudleyMost historic towns35 towns · #1 WalsallTowns with the most civic life35 towns · #1 Balsall CommonTowns with the highest household incomes35 towns · #1 Cheswick Green and Dickens HeathDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax35 towns · #1 Brierley Hill and 3 moreDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters35 towns · #1 WednesburyDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers35 towns · #1 Brierley HillDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers35 towns · #1 Knowle and DorridgeDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts35 towns · #1 DarlastonDescribed, no lettersWettest towns35 towns · #1 Rowley RegisDescribed, 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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