One Dry Day

Conservatory roof replacement in Calne

Calne had 941 mm of rain a year across 2024 and 2025, about the same as the 911 mm the average town in our ledger had. That still leaves 259 days a year with under 0.2 mm between 8am and 4pm, the kind of day a roof comes off and goes back on.

It also counts 63 noise nights a year, nights with rain hard enough to drum on polycarbonate between 11pm and 7am. We replace polycarbonate and glass conservatory roofs in Calne with 75 mm insulated panel roofs from £3,000, fitted onto the frame you have.

259
dry working days a year
63
noise nights a year
941 mm
rain a year
Dark grey insulated panel lean-to conservatory roof
A dark grey lean-to, flush with the wall.

Calne's rain, day by day

Every sliver is one day, darker for more rain; the orange marks underneath are dry working days. Met Office UKV 2 km model data for Calne, January 2024 to December 2025.

20241,100 mm of rain, 250 dry working days
2025781 mm of rain, 267 dry working days

When to book in Calne

In Calne the driest working months were March, August and November, and the wettest was February, when 58% of days stayed dry from 8am to 4pm.

The longest run of dry working days in a row was 34, ending in April 2025. The longest wait without one was 6 days. That is why we book roofs a week or two ahead and confirm the day on the forecast: a dry day turns up in almost every week of the year. When to book a roof swap has the full reasoning.

Dry working days by month in Calne
  1. 23Jan
  2. 17Feb
  3. 25Mar
  4. 22Apr
  5. 21May
  6. 23Jun
  7. 21Jul
  8. 24Aug
  9. 19Sep
  10. 22Oct
  11. 23Nov
  12. 21Dec

dry working days, the three highest picked out. Average of 2024 and 2025.

Rain at night in Calne

A noise night is one with at least an hour of moderate rain (0.5 mm or more) between 11pm and 7am. Calne had 63 a year, about the same as the 65 of the average town, and 5 nights with a heavy hour over 4 mm.

In the lab, heavy rain on 25 mm polycarbonate measures 64.6 dB against 52.0 dB for double glazed roof glass. Nobody has published the same test for aluminium panel roofs, so we will not put a number on ours. How loud rain is on each kind of roof sets out what is measured.

1,038 wet hours a year, by how hard it rains
  • Light (under 0.5 mm an hour)529 h
  • Moderate (0.5 to 4 mm)481 h
  • Heavy (over 4 mm)28 h
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: 68Calne
Calne and the towns around it, sized by noise nights a year

Near Calne

We fit panel roofs across the Levels, the Mendips and the chalk towns of west Wiltshire. The nearest towns in our ledger:

All Somerset and Wiltshire towns or every town we cover.

Guide prices in Calne

The same as everywhere we work, fitted with the old roof taken away. Style nudges it; the survey fixes it in writing. What the price covers.

Guide prices from, by style and size
Style Small Medium Large
Lean-to £3,000 £4,000 £5,000
Edwardian £3,150 £4,200 £5,250
Victorian £3,300 £4,400 £5,500
Gable end £3,350 £4,500 £5,600
P-Shape £3,550 £4,700 £5,900
Window seat under a glossy white panel ceiling
A window seat for wet afternoons.

Questions from Calne

How many dry days does Calne get for fitting a roof?

Our ledger counts 259 dry working days a year in Calne, days with under 0.2 mm of rain between 8am and 4pm. Most roofs need one; we pick it from the forecast in the week before.

Is a polycarbonate roof noisier in Calne than elsewhere?

The roof is the same anywhere; the rain is not. Calne has 63 noise nights a year against 65 in the average town we track, and 28 hours of heavy rain.

What does a new conservatory roof cost in Calne?

Guide prices are the same as everywhere we work: from £3,000 for a small roof, £4,000 for medium and £5,000 for large, fixed in writing after a free survey.

Do you keep my conservatory frame?

Usually, yes. The bars, the dwarf wall and the frame get tested at the survey, and only a sound frame gets a panel roof price.

Worth reading before a Calne survey

Price a panel roof in Calne

Tap through seven questions for a guide range. The surveyor then measures, tests the frame and commits the figure to paper.