UK's wettest cities revealed - where does Sheffield rank?

The UK's wettest cities have been revealed - and Sheffield fares better than you might think.
The UK table.The UK table.
The UK table.

While heavy rainfall is a common complaint among Sheffielders, many more UK cities suffer frequent downpours as the Steel City is ranked as the 27th wettest city in the UK.

READ MORE: Sheffield indie heroes Arctic Monkeys to reissue debut albumMet Office figures showed that Sheffield sees an average of 131.6 days of rainfall a year and 834.6mm of rain annually.

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READ MORE: Sheffield boxer left for dead in road rage attackCardiff was revealed as the wettest city with a soaking 1152 mm of rainfall on average per year in the table of 69 cities across the country.

The UK Rainy City League Table was compiled using data from the Met Office between 1981 and 2015.

It was revealed by Blaupunkt, a garden and power tools manufacturer.

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