Leeds is a good place to live, especially for students. As it's home to five universities, you will always see many students around, not only from Leeds but from the UK and abroad, as well as many student events. Another good thing about Leeds is the fact that you can find everything in the city centre.
Cardiff, the capital of Wales, has won the top spot for being the wettest city in the UK, with an average monthly rainfall of 96mm, and the average number of wet days per month standing at 12.4. Cardiff's high ranking total equates to more than one quarter of Wales' city's year being shrouded in rain.
The driest place in the country is supposed to be Lee Wick Farm, St.Osyth (Essex), near Clacton, averaging just 513 mm.
Leeds originated as an Anglo-Saxon township on the north bank of the Aire. It grew as a local market centre and was incorporated in 1626. By then the town was a cloth-finishing centre for a wide area where domestic weaving, introduced by 14th-century Flemish weavers, was pursued.
The UK gets on average 23.7 days of snowfall or sleet a year (1981 - 2010). Most of this is snow falling on higher ground where temperatures are lower, as can be seen on the maps below.
Leeds is also the UK's third largest manufacturing centre with around 1,800 firms and 39,000 employees, Leeds manufacturing firms account for 8.8% of total employment in the city. The largest sub-sectors are engineering, printing and publishing, food and drink, chemicals and medical technology.
The average annual rainfall in Mawsynram, which is recognised as the world's wettest by the Guinness Book of Records, is 11,871mm – more than 10 times the Indian national average of 1,083mm.
In the south, south-east and East Anglia is rains less than 700 mm per year. With an annual rainfall of around 600 mm, Essex, Cambridgeshire, parts of North Yorkshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire, Suffolk and Norfolk, belong to the driest areas of the UK.
Crkvice (Serbian Cyrillic: Црквице, pronounced [t?sř?kv?it?s?]) is a village in Krivošije, on the outskirts of Mount Orjen in Montenegro, and the wettest inhabited place in Europe.
Met Office spokesman, Grahame Madge, explained why Manchester tends to be wetter than other places on the east of the country. He said: “We get the majority of our weather from the Atlantic when it picks up moisture from the sea's surface and then that wet weather hits the western side of the Britain.
Which are the rainiest cities in the UK? Cardiff is Britain's wettest city with 1,152mm falling on it each year. Manchester comes in at 15 behind Belfast and, surprisingly, Leeds. London is one of the driest at number 63 with a mere 557mm of rain.
This is actually 18mm less than the national average of 885mm of precipitation. In that same period, Manchester was beaten in the rainfall table by Cardiff (1,152mm), Glasgow (1,124mm), Leeds (1,024mm), Plymouth (1,007mm) and Belfast (944mm).
As can be seen in the map below, the wettest parts of the UK are concentrated in mountainous regions with observation sites in
Snowdonia, the Lake District and the Scottish Highlands all receiving more than 4 metres of rainfall in a year.
Where gets the most rain?
| Area | Rainfall (mm) |
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| Brecknockshire | 1643.7 |
Average temperatures in Leeds vary somewhat. Considering humidity, temperatures feel cold for most of the year with a chance of rain or snow throughout most of the year. The area is less temperate than some — in the 15th percentile for pleasant weather — compared to tourist destinations worldwide.
Across the UK, April temperatures average a daily high of 12 degrees Celsius (54 degrees Fahrenheit) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F).
The average normal body temperature is generally accepted as 98.6°F (37°C). Some studies have shown that the "normal" body temperature can have a wide range, from 97°F (36.1°C) to 99°F (37.2°C). A temperature over 100.4°F (38°C) most often means you have a fever caused by an infection or illness.
Across the UK, annual temperatures average a daily high of 14 degrees Celsius (56 degrees Fahrenheit) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F).
The region has a maritime climate with typically warm rather than hot summers and cool to cold winters. Yorkshire can experience some spells of snow and cold spells during the winter months, however for the vast majority of the time Yorkshire can be visited throughout the year.
Across the UK, May temperatures average a daily high of 16 degrees Celsius (60 degrees Fahrenheit) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F).
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For Manchester the long-term (30 year) average for this count is approximately 140 days per year, 2013 saw fewer rain days than average at about 128 days."
Sussex is, in fact, the sunniest county in the United Kingdom, according to Met Office records. Over the last 29 years, the western part of the county has averaged 1902 hours of sunshine a year.
The wettest months in the United Kingdom tend to be at the start and ends of the year. In the period of consideration, the greatest measurement of rainfall was 217 millimeters, recorded in December 2015. The lowest level of rainfall was recorded in September 2014.
York Weather and Climate Chart (Averages)
| Maximum | Minimum |
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| June | 23°C / 73°F | 12°C / 54°F |
| July | 22°C / 72°F | 13°C / 55°F |
| August | 26°C / 79°F | 15°C / 59°F |
| September | 22°C / 72°F | 10°C / 50°F |
The annual number of rain days in the UK has fluctuated over the past three decades. In 2020, there were approximately
170.5 days in which 1 mm or more of rain fell.
Annual rain days in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2020.
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Regional weatherAs rainfall comes in from the Atlantic, it is the northern and western parts of the UK that are most susceptible to precipitation. This explains why England is the driest of all the regions, as rain deposits reduce as they move east.
