One Dry Day

Conservatory roof replacement in Darlington

Darlington had 643 mm of rain a year across 2024 and 2025, less than the 911 mm the average town in our ledger had. That still leaves 287 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 50 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 Darlington with 75 mm insulated panel roofs from £3,000, fitted onto the frame you have.

287
dry working days a year
50
noise nights a year
643 mm
rain a year
Victorian conservatory with a white insulated panel roof on a semi
A Victorian with its new white panel roof.

Darlington'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 Darlington, January 2024 to December 2025.

2024725 mm of rain, 286 dry working days
2025561 mm of rain, 288 dry working days

When to book in Darlington

In Darlington the driest working months were August, April and July, and the wettest was February, when 72% of days stayed dry from 8am to 4pm.

The longest run of dry working days in a row was 33, ending in November 2024. The longest wait without one was 5 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 Darlington
  1. 25Jan
  2. 21Feb
  3. 23Mar
  4. 25Apr
  5. 24May
  6. 23Jun
  7. 26Jul
  8. 27Aug
  9. 22Sep
  10. 25Oct
  11. 24Nov
  12. 25Dec

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

Rain at night in Darlington

We count a noise night whenever an hour between 11pm and 7am brings 0.5 mm of rain or more, the Met Office's moderate band. Darlington had 50 a year, fewer than the 65 of the average town, and 3 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.

797 wet hours a year, by how hard it rains
  • Light (under 0.5 mm an hour)430 h
  • Moderate (0.5 to 4 mm)354 h
  • Heavy (over 4 mm)13 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: 68Darlington
Darlington and the towns around it, sized by noise nights a year

Near Darlington

We fit panel roofs across Northumberland, Tyneside, Wearside, County Durham and Teesside. The nearest towns in our ledger:

All North East England towns or every town we cover.

Guide prices in Darlington

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
Lean-to with a white panel ceiling and a pale floor
A lean-to that feels like a room.

Questions from Darlington

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

Our ledger counts 287 dry working days a year in Darlington, 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 Darlington than elsewhere?

The roof is the same anywhere; the rain is not. Darlington has 50 noise nights a year against 65 in the average town we track, and 13 hours of heavy rain.

What does a new conservatory roof cost in Darlington?

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 Darlington survey

Price a panel roof in Darlington

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