Which county in the UK has the highest level of rainfall annually?

Question

Which has the least?

Answer 1

It used to be Seatoller in what was then Cumberland, now combined with Westmorland to form Cumbria. But the times, they are a-changing.

Answer 2

The mountains of Wales, Scotland, the Pennines and the moors of the south-west of England are the wettest parts of the country.

London receives just below 650 mm per annum, which is less than Rome, Sydney or New York. In East Anglia it typically rains on about 113 days per year. Most of the south, south-east and East Anglia receive less than 700 mm of rain per year. The English counties of Essex and Cambridgeshire are amongst the driest in the UK, with an average annual rainfall of around 600 mm. In some years rainfall totals in Essex can be below 450 mm—less than the average annual rainfall in Jerusalem and Beirut.

Answer 3

Greater Manchester has the most (in my experience). I would say norfolk has the least.

Answer 4

If my trip to Edingborough is anything to go by, Scotland has most.

Check the Metoffice, they should tell you:

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/

Answer 5

I would say that overall going on experience the Lake District as an area gets the most rainfall.  

Answer 6

Given that most rain comes from the West, then possibly an area in Ireland...  

Answer 7

In 2007 the highest rainfall in UK was in the Central and North Eastern districts.

Met Office: UK climate: June 2007The majority of the UK having well above average rainfall, with rainfall anomalies widely ... Central and north-eastern districts saw the highest rainfall. ...

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/2...

Answer 8

It feels like bloomin Wiltshire but I'm sure it's not :-)

Answer 9

It has to be somewhere in Scotland- prolly on the west coast. Its always raining.