One Dry Day

Conservatory roof replacement in Workington

Workington had 1,441 mm of rain a year across 2024 and 2025, more than the 911 mm the average town in our ledger had. That still leaves 251 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 84 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 Workington with 75 mm insulated panel roofs from £3,000, fitted onto the frame you have.

251
dry working days a year
84
noise nights a year
1,441 mm
rain a year
Hipped conservatory with a white panel roof, seen from the garden
A hipped roof, same frame, new panels.

Workington'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 Workington, January 2024 to December 2025.

20241,393 mm of rain, 244 dry working days
20251,488 mm of rain, 257 dry working days

When to book in Workington

In Workington the driest working months were May, July and November, and the wettest was June, when 57% of days stayed dry from 8am to 4pm.

The longest run of dry working days in a row was 30, ending in May 2025. The longest wait without one was 10 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 Workington
  1. 21Jan
  2. 21Feb
  3. 22Mar
  4. 21Apr
  5. 23May
  6. 17Jun
  7. 23Jul
  8. 22Aug
  9. 19Sep
  10. 22Oct
  11. 22Nov
  12. 20Dec

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

Rain at night in Workington

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. Workington had 84 a year, more than the 65 of the average town, and 16 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.

1,259 wet hours a year, by how hard it rains
  • Light (under 0.5 mm an hour)525 h
  • Moderate (0.5 to 4 mm)676 h
  • Heavy (over 4 mm)58 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: 68Workington
Workington and the towns around it, sized by noise nights a year

Near Workington

We fit panel roofs across the Lakes, the Furness and Solway coasts and the Lancashire mill towns. The nearest towns in our ledger:

All Cumbria and Lancashire towns or every town we cover.

Guide prices in Workington

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
Wide view of a lean-to under a white panel ceiling
The whole lean-to under one ceiling.

Questions from Workington

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

Our ledger counts 251 dry working days a year in Workington, 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 Workington than elsewhere?

The roof is the same anywhere; the rain is not. Workington has 84 noise nights a year against 65 in the average town we track, and 58 hours of heavy rain.

What does a new conservatory roof cost in Workington?

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 Workington survey

Price a panel roof in Workington

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