Southend has been crowned England’s sunniest seaside resort – with only eight wet days a month. As businesses cross their fingers for a staycation boom this summer to make up for lost trade in the pandemic, new figures have come as a welcome boost. Statistics have revealed Southend has the least rainfall of all the coastal destinations across the UK. Southend businesses have welcomed the news and the business it could bring to the town. Marc Miller, managing director at Stockvale Ltd, said: “They say every cloud has a silver lining for someone somewhere, it just so happens on this occasion the whole town feels the benefit.