#T1Holmfield
4,150 peopleRain a year·13 days of 10 mm+·#207 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Holmfield, #1 on this list · Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0West Yorkshire rankings · Climate
Driest towns in West Yorkshire
Holmfield (tied with 1 more) is the driest of West Yorkshire’s 91 towns of 2,500+: 606 mm of rain in a typical year (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here gets 848 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.
#T1606mm
#T1Knottingley
9,516 peopleRain a year·13 days of 10 mm+·#207 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#3Pontefract
32,982 peopleRain a year·11 days of 10 mm+·#241 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 91 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.
91 towns.
#TownRain a yearDays 10 mm+UK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
What is the driest town in West Yorkshire?
Holmfield: 606 mm of rain in a typical year, the most in August 65 mm. Knottingley and Pontefract 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 Yorkshire’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in West Yorkshire is on the county page.
Go deeper
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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 live91 towns · #1 RippondenBest small towns54 towns · #1 RippondenMost affordable towns91 towns · #1 HalifaxSafest towns91 towns · #1 ShelleyTowns with the best schools91 towns · #1 AddinghamHealthiest towns91 towns · #1 BramhopeBest towns for jobs & income91 towns · #1 MenstonMost walkable towns91 towns · #1 Hebden BridgeTowns with the lowest flood risk91 towns · #1 Bramhope and 11 moreBest towns for the outdoors91 towns · #1 OtleyMost historic towns91 towns · #1 Hebden BridgeTowns with the most civic life91 towns · #1 MarsdenTowns with the highest household incomes91 towns · #1 MenstonDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax91 towns · #1 Castleford and 5 moreDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters91 towns · #1 CastlefordDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers91 towns · #1 CastlefordDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers91 towns · #1 MarsdenDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts91 towns · #1 CastlefordDescribed, no lettersWettest towns91 towns · #1 MarsdenDescribed, 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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