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The wettest towns in England for a conservatory: the Noise Nights league table

The wettest towns in England by rain at night: we ranked 100 towns by noise nights, the nights with an hour of moderate or heavier rain between 11pm and 7am, using two years of hourly Met Office 2 km model data. Kendal tops it with 92 a year; the average town has 65. The same table ranks rain, heavy hours and dry working days.

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Kendal: 92Carlisle: 77Penrith: 79Barrow-in-Furness: 86Workington: 84Whitehaven: 89Blackpool: 82Burnley: 84Blackburn: 87Chorley: 89Durham: 53Darlington: 50Hartlepool: 55Middlesbrough: 48Sunderland: 50Gateshead: 49Morpeth: 51Hexham: 61Stockton-on-Tees: 50Whitley Bay: 50Ripon: 58Skipton: 78Whitby: 59Bridlington: 63Goole: 51Castleford: 52Dewsbury: 55Northallerton: 48Thirsk: 51Driffield: 59Boston: 53Skegness: 55Spalding: 50Louth: 57Grimsby: 55Scunthorpe: 55Gainsborough: 51Sleaford: 51Bourne: 56Horncastle: 57King's Lynn: 58Great Yarmouth: 61Lowestoft: 59Thetford: 59Cromer: 58Dereham: 58Felixstowe: 52Sudbury: 52Haverhill: 54Newmarket: 56Maidstone: 61Canterbury: 60Ashford: 66Folkestone: 72Dover: 70Margate: 55Sevenoaks: 66Tonbridge: 62Gravesend: 53Whitstable: 57Brighton: 69Worthing: 72Eastbourne: 70Hastings: 70Crawley: 62Horsham: 65Chichester: 69Bognor Regis: 67Haywards Heath: 67Lewes: 73Southampton: 65Portsmouth: 66Winchester: 66Andover: 63Fareham: 71Bournemouth: 69Poole: 68Weymouth: 72Dorchester: 75Aldershot: 59Plymouth: 80Torquay: 77Barnstaple: 87Newton Abbot: 73Exmouth: 66Tiverton: 79Truro: 86Falmouth: 80Penzance: 92Newquay: 78Yeovil: 68Wells: 78Minehead: 67Burnham-on-Sea: 70Chard: 73Shepton Mallet: 78Warminster: 70Melksham: 64Calne: 63Marlborough: 68
Every town, sized by noise nights a year. Tap one to open its page.
The ten towns with the most noise nights

A year on average, 2024 and 2025. All 100 towns in the league table.

The ten with the fewest

A year on average, 2024 and 2025. All 100 towns in the league table.

All 100 towns

Tap a column heading, or use the list, to sort. A year on average, 2024 and 2025.

Noise nights, downpour nights, heavy rain hours, rain and dry working days by town
Rank Town County Noise nights Downpour nights Heavy rain hours Rain Dry working days
1 Kendal Cumbria and Lancs 92 18 81 1,787 mm 238
2 Penzance Devon and Cornwall 92 8 36 1,244 mm 243
3 Whitehaven Cumbria and Lancs 89 16.5 67 1,514 mm 245
4 Chorley Cumbria and Lancs 89 5 33 1,227 mm 241
5 Barnstaple Devon and Cornwall 87 7 30 1,210 mm 243
6 Blackburn Cumbria and Lancs 87 7 39 1,243 mm 236
7 Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria and Lancs 86 15 43 1,363 mm 249
8 Truro Devon and Cornwall 86 8 41 1,223 mm 247
9 Workington Cumbria and Lancs 84 15.5 58 1,441 mm 251
10 Burnley Cumbria and Lancs 84 4.5 29 1,136 mm 238
11 Blackpool Cumbria and Lancs 82 7 32 1,214 mm 247
12 Plymouth Devon and Cornwall 80 11 48 1,369 mm 248
13 Falmouth Devon and Cornwall 80 11 43 1,273 mm 243
14 Penrith Cumbria and Lancs 79 4 30 1,142 mm 249
15 Tiverton Devon and Cornwall 79 9.5 34 1,242 mm 238
16 Wells Somerset and Wilts 78 9 43 1,210 mm 242
17 Shepton Mallet Somerset and Wilts 78 10 43 1,259 mm 240
18 Skipton North and East Yorks 78 3 33 1,058 mm 248
19 Newquay Devon and Cornwall 78 9 26 1,060 mm 248
20 Carlisle Cumbria and Lancs 77 7.5 31 1,118 mm 250
21 Torquay Devon and Cornwall 77 12 43 1,252 mm 251
22 Dorchester Hants and Dorset 75 14 60 1,380 mm 261
23 Chard Somerset and Wilts 73 10 49 1,317 mm 246
24 Lewes Sussex 73 11 31 982 mm 261
25 Newton Abbot Devon and Cornwall 73 12.5 54 1,359 mm 250
26 Folkestone Kent 72 8 30 953 mm 254
27 Weymouth Hants and Dorset 72 10.5 39 1,160 mm 265
28 Worthing Sussex 72 6.5 24 879 mm 270
29 Fareham Hants and Dorset 71 5.5 29 933 mm 267
30 Dover Kent 70 10 32 1,003 mm 258
31 Hastings Sussex 70 9.5 28 965 mm 264
32 Burnham-on-Sea Somerset and Wilts 70 8.5 27 908 mm 262
33 Warminster Somerset and Wilts 70 6 31 1,061 mm 254
34 Eastbourne Sussex 70 10.5 29 965 mm 265
35 Brighton Sussex 69 9 30 906 mm 267
36 Chichester Sussex 69 8.5 28 916 mm 264
37 Bournemouth Hants and Dorset 69 9 30 1,026 mm 261
38 Poole Hants and Dorset 68 7 29 1,034 mm 262
39 Yeovil Somerset and Wilts 68 5.5 32 1,028 mm 252
40 Marlborough Somerset and Wilts 68 4.5 27 966 mm 255
41 Minehead Somerset and Wilts 67 8 28 985 mm 253
42 Bognor Regis Sussex 67 7.5 25 858 mm 270
43 Haywards Heath Sussex 67 6 26 878 mm 265
44 Ashford Kent 66 6 21 808 mm 261
45 Winchester Hants and Dorset 66 9.5 32 987 mm 261
46 Exmouth Devon and Cornwall 66 10.5 46 1,178 mm 249
47 Sevenoaks Kent 66 5 21 811 mm 270
48 Portsmouth Hants and Dorset 66 4.5 25 884 mm 269
49 Southampton Hants and Dorset 65 8 33 978 mm 267
50 Horsham Sussex 65 3 20 801 mm 270
51 Melksham Somerset and Wilts 64 5.5 31 944 mm 264
52 Andover Hants and Dorset 63 8.5 26 908 mm 257
53 Calne Somerset and Wilts 63 4.5 28 941 mm 259
54 Bridlington North and East Yorks 63 1.5 12 756 mm 265
55 Tonbridge Kent 62 4 11 701 mm 269
56 Crawley Sussex 62 5 22 852 mm 265
57 Hexham North East 61 1.5 16 741 mm 258
58 Great Yarmouth Norfolk and Suffolk 61 5.5 20 847 mm 262
59 Maidstone Kent 61 6 18 694 mm 275
60 Canterbury Kent 60 6 17 719 mm 262
61 Lowestoft Norfolk and Suffolk 59 4 21 798 mm 262
62 Whitby North and East Yorks 59 2.5 16 751 mm 272
63 Driffield North and East Yorks 59 1 12 764 mm 269
64 Thetford Norfolk and Suffolk 59 2 16 785 mm 268
65 Aldershot Hants and Dorset 59 6.5 19 731 mm 268
66 Dereham Norfolk and Suffolk 58 6 22 865 mm 257
67 Ripon North and East Yorks 58 5.5 23 818 mm 276
68 King's Lynn Norfolk and Suffolk 58 3 14 753 mm 258
69 Cromer Norfolk and Suffolk 58 4 13 787 mm 263
70 Louth Lincolnshire 57 3 11 735 mm 264
71 Horncastle Lincolnshire 57 2.5 10 697 mm 272
72 Whitstable Kent 57 5.5 14 617 mm 273
73 Bourne Lincolnshire 56 3.5 19 731 mm 272
74 Newmarket Norfolk and Suffolk 56 2.5 13 679 mm 281
75 Dewsbury North and East Yorks 55 4 23 726 mm 278
76 Skegness Lincolnshire 55 3 12 691 mm 275
77 Grimsby Lincolnshire 55 2 10 636 mm 270
78 Scunthorpe Lincolnshire 55 2 12 630 mm 271
79 Margate Kent 55 5.5 17 661 mm 272
80 Hartlepool North East 55 3.5 18 647 mm 283
81 Haverhill Norfolk and Suffolk 54 2 16 673 mm 275
82 Durham North East 53 1.5 14 680 mm 281
83 Boston Lincolnshire 53 3 17 691 mm 279
84 Gravesend Kent 53 4 15 583 mm 286
85 Castleford North and East Yorks 52 1.5 13 643 mm 280
86 Felixstowe Norfolk and Suffolk 52 3.5 14 662 mm 277
87 Sudbury Norfolk and Suffolk 52 1.5 12 625 mm 281
88 Morpeth North East 51 4 18 736 mm 275
89 Thirsk North and East Yorks 51 4.5 15 674 mm 280
90 Sleaford Lincolnshire 51 1.5 15 686 mm 274
91 Goole North and East Yorks 51 2.5 13 640 mm 274
92 Gainsborough Lincolnshire 51 3 12 638 mm 273
93 Sunderland North East 50 2.5 9 589 mm 279
94 Whitley Bay North East 50 1.5 13 630 mm 273
95 Spalding Lincolnshire 50 2 14 709 mm 272
96 Darlington North East 50 2.5 13 643 mm 287
97 Stockton-on-Tees North East 50 4.5 21 629 mm 288
98 Gateshead North East 49 1.5 11 645 mm 273
99 Middlesbrough North East 48 4 19 632 mm 287
100 Northallerton North and East Yorks 48 1.5 16 651 mm 284

Autumn is noisiest

Across all 100 towns, noise nights bunch up from September into the winter, and August is the quietest month. The national picture by month is on the right; each town page has its own. In 2024 the average town had 72 noise nights and 1,008 mm of rain; in 2025, 58 and 815 mm.

What rain at night means under a lightweight roof.

Noise nights by month, average town
  1. 6.4Jan
  2. 6.9Feb
  3. 5.3Mar
  4. 5Apr
  5. 4.7May
  6. 3.8Jun
  7. 4.8Jul
  8. 2.9Aug
  9. 6.7Sep
  10. 6.2Oct
  11. 7.3Nov
  12. 5Dec

noise nights, the three highest picked out. Average of 2024 and 2025.

Use the data

The full table is free to use under CC BY 4.0. Please credit "One Dry Day rain ledger, from Open-Meteo / Met Office UKV data" and link to this page. Journalists and researchers: the method page sets out every threshold, and who we are explains why a roofing firm counts rain.

Download noise-nights.csv

White panel lean-to roof under heavy rain clouds
The clouds that make the table, over a finished panel lean-to.

About the league table

Which town has the most noise nights?

Kendal, with 92 a year across 2024 and 2025. Northallerton had the fewest, 48.

Which is the wettest town in the table?

Kendal, at 1,787 mm a year. The driest was Gravesend at 583 mm.

Is two years enough?

Enough to compare towns fairly, since every town shares the same two years of weather, but not a long term climate average. 2024 was a wet year in much of England, so treat totals as a recent snapshot.

Can I use the table?

Yes. The CSV is free under CC BY 4.0: credit One Dry Day and Open-Meteo, and link to this page.

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