....ROAD REPORTS: ......Bench Road - the main Road down into the Fairfield Estate is to close for "road patching and refsurfacing" from 07.00 on Monday 7th April to 18.00 on Friday 18th April -m diversions will be in place.
AND ....Temporary traffic lights for British Gas on the A6 North near Hazlecroft Garage, near Tom Thorn are causing quite long delays at busy times - there to April 4th.
AND The area of junction of the A515 Ashbourne Road / B5053 to Earl Sterndale / A5270 Old Coal Pit Lane is to have road junction improvements, permanent traffic lights and speed restrictions - there will be lane closures and temporary traffic lights at times, until 2nd May......AND on some weekends from 14th March to 14th April the short sections of road between the A515 and the B5053 to Earl Sterndale and to Burlow/Harpur Hill will be CLOSED for full weekends from 22.00 on the Friday to 06.00 on the Monday - diversions will be in place - PLEASE NOTE that the High Peak Bookstore is right alongside these roadworks - but will be OPEN as normal every day throughout, and accessible from the North, and from the South, even through the short periods when the road past the front is closed - access to the Bookshop and Cafe WILL be maintained - the lovely people there, will be happy to see you, and you will receive their usual warm welcome!
AND: ... Thank you Anne Wallace for this, about the Buxton/Manchester Train Service - ENGINEERING WORK AFFECTING LATE EVENING/WEEKEND TRAVEL. APRIL 2025: HAZEL GROVE TO BUXTON LINE. MONDAY 14TH MARCH TO THURSDAY 17TH APRIL INCLUSIVE. 2259 Buxton to Manchester Piccadilly will be replaced by a bus throughout. 2310 Manchester Piccadilly to Buxton will be replaced by a bus throughout.
SATURDAY 19TH APRIL TO MONDAY 21ST APRIL INCLUSIVE (EASTER WEEKEND). All lines through Stockport are closed due to bridge replacement work. All Trains will run to a reduced timetable between Hazel Grove, Buxton and return only. Bus replacement services will run between Hazel Grove, Stockport and Manchester Piccadilly and return.
AND The B5470 Macclesfield to Whaley Bridge Road - a large sinkhole has closed this road near Bolshaws Tankers site - diversions in place through Pott Shrigley - likely closed until Summer 2025!........
............................................ Good Evening .....Weather Forecast .....
Thursday Evening and Night: dry with bright, then long clear periods - moderate easterly winds - frost free - Minimum temperature 7°C.
Friday:
Friday: dry with bright and sunny periods - quite lively easterly winds gusting to 25mph - Maximum Air Temperature 18°C.
Friday Evening and Night: dry with bright, then long clear periods - moderate easterly winds - a ground frost - Minimum temperature 3°C.
Saturday:
Saturday: mainly dry with bright and sunny periods - feeling cooler in quite brisk easterly winds gusting to 30mph - Maximum Air Temperature 14°C.
Saturday Evening and Night: dry with bright, then long clear periods - moderate easterly winds - a ground frost - Minimum temperature 3°C.
Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:
Sunday: mainly dry with bright and sunny periods - feeling cooler if exposed to the moderate easterly winds - Maximum Air Temperature 13°C. ... Monday: mainly dry with bright and sunny periods - light winds - Maximum Air Temperature 14°C. ... Tuesday: mainly dry with bright and sunny periods - light winds - Maximum Air Temperature 16°C..................
Photographs: Delighted to receive your photographs (please send to Michael - email mh@22mh.com) to display on this site - anything about this lovely area we live in - which will be of interest to viewers of buxtonweather.co.uk - I will always credit the sender - (and I may take the liberty of adding some local information, and local history!). Photos relating to our weather, local events, our wonderful Peak District scenery, local animals and birds, love of the great outdoors - or what have you!! I may delay posting photos, through extreme weather events - will save them for once things calm down again! (My website providers go bananas when 20, 30, 40,000 page loads, land on the site in 8 hours!) Please click on a photo to see the full size versions of all the photos - then just click the back arrow at the top left, to come back to here:
_AND... I have had requests to see photos which have been removed - so from April 1st 2019, I have started an archive of a varied selection of the previously shown photographs
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...........UPDATE on the pigeon nest and eggs - on Saturday evening we saw on our house CCTV, a large cat climbing the tree with the pigeon nest in it - I ran out and can see off nearby wall, the pigeon, on the nest with a ruddy great big Maine Coon cat, eyeball to eyeball - this is about 15 feet up the tree - as I tried to get up there, the pigeon flew off in one direction and the cat dropped down the tree, chased but not connected by my size 11 boot! The pigeon has NOT returned and it is two days now - if anything changes I will post it .................. I have noticed that pigeons have started nest building in a nearby tree, so have switched to that to see how that goes for the time being! UPDATE Thursday 6th March - we have a very scruffy nest and now an egg! ...........Now two eggs! ................We have four nest boxes up around the garden, all with cameras, but very little bird activity yet - "Hope Springs Eternal!"...........................have put the bird feeder camera back online after recent upgrades to buxtonweather computers- you may see a warning that it is "NOT SECURE" - but of course I am not asking you for credit cards of anything like that so it is NOT a security risk - some may still find that the feed is blocked - please try another browser like Edge or similar to see if that helps - " You likely have lots of birds of your own - but if you want to watch birds at a feeder, in a tree in our garden, CLICK HERE!
-Things to do in BUXTON - "Explore Buxton" Click Here !! - -Or Our Local Paper - Buxton Advertiser - Click Here!! .......- -Like to read a quick, one page guide, to the joys of Buxton? - (Written recently by the Sunday Times) - and why you should visit this lovely Town!? CLICK HERE.....................Tuesday 8 Apr - Thursday 17 Apr
High pressure should prevail for most of the outlook period, maintaining largely settled conditions for much of the time. This should result in lengthy spells of dry and bright weather. It will be breezy at times, especially in the southwest at first. Daytime temperatures will depend on the wind direction and cloud amounts, but most places will be warm for most of the period, and very warm days most likely will be further inland. Overnight frosts are possible on clear nights where winds fall light. There is also the chance of some areas of low cloud or fog, notably around the east coast. Towards the middle of April, the weather may turn more unsettled as rain or showers try to push in from the west.
Friday 18 Apr - Friday 2 May
An unsettled period is likely around mid April, with interludes of rain or showers at times. Despite being unsettled, there will be fair conditions between weather systems. A return to high pressure is favoured later in the month, bringing mainly dry and fine weather. Temperatures are likely to be around average at first, before climbing to above average later in the more settled weather. This means some warm or very warm days, especially further inland where winds stay light on fair days. This could also mean there might still be some chilly nights any clear skies.................................................
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Conditions At: 4:02 on 4/4/25 |
Outside, Shade Temperature 6.1 °C |
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| Dew Point | 4.4°C | ||
| Humidity | 89% | ||
| Barometer (corrected to sea level) |
1023mB Rate 0.10mB/hr |
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| Wind Figures: | |||
| Wind Speed | 1mph | ||
| Wind Direction | SSW | ||
| Wind Chill (How the temperature actually "feels") | 6.1 °C | ||
| Wind Currently Gusting To | 4mph | ||
| Peak Wind Gust Today | 10mph at 0:00 | ||
| Rainfall Figures: | |||
| Rainfall Today (Since Midnight) | 0.0 mm | ||
| Rainfall in the last hour | 0.0 mm | ||
| Total Rainfall in April | 0.0 mm | ||
| Total Rainfall in March | 24.4 mm (0.96 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in February | 53.0 mm (2.09 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in January | 139.8 mm (5.50 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in 2024 | 1549.8 mm (61.02 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in December | 186.0 mm (7.32 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in November | 102.4 mm (4.64 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in October | 117.8 mm (5.04 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in September | 161.8 mm (6.37 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in August | 50.4 mm (1.98 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in July | 109.6 mm (5.04 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in June | 59.8 mm (2.35 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in May | 128.0 mm (5.04 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in April | 152.0 mm (5.98 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in March | 170.0 mm (6.69 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in 2023 | 1787 .8 mm (70.39 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in 2022 | 1370.0 mm (53.94 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in 2021 | 1612.2 mm (63.48 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in 2020 | 1531.86 mm (60.31 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in 2019 | 1424.2 mm (56.07 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in 2018 | 1038.8 mm (40.90 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in 2017 | 1250.4 mm (49.23 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in 2016 | 1055.2 mm (41.54 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in 2015 | 1191.20 mm (46.90 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in 2014 (For earlier figures see the link top left) | 1245.60 mm (49.04 inches) | ||
| Sunshine Figures: | |||
| Sunshine hours on Wednesday (Sunrise to Sunset) (Updated after Sunset) | 11 . 47 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in April (Updated after Sunset) | 22 . 88 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in March (Updated after Sunset) | 177 . 18 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in February (Updated after Sunset) | 62 . 55 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in January (Updated after Sunset) | 48 . 55 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in 2024 | 1010 .19 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in December (Updated after Sunset) | 23 . 27 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in November (Updated after Sunset) | 38 . 38 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in October (Updated after Sunset) | 78 . 38 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in September (Updated after Sunset) | 90 . 43 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in August (Updated after Sunset) | 132 . 09 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in July (Updated after Sunset) | 145 . 60 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in June (Updated after Sunset) | 130 . 57 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in May (Updated after Sunset) | 131 . 78 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in April (Updated after Sunset) | 90 . 29 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in March (Updated after Sunset) | 71 . 15 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in 2023 | 1280 .03 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in 2022 | 1414.14 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in 2021 | 1242.25 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in 2020 | 1330.53 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in 2019 | 1316.47 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in 2018 | 1431.27 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in 2017 | 1096 . 00 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in 2016 | 1219 . 59 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in 2015 | 1239 . 88 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in 2014(For earlier figures see the link top left) | 1226 . 69 Hours | ||
| Monthly Average Temperatures: | |||
| Average Temp in March | 6 . 65°C | ||
| Average Temp in February | 3 . 57°C | ||
| Average Temp in January | 1 . 96°C | ||
| Average Temp in 2024 | 9. 32 °C | ||
| Average Temp in December | 5 . 84°C | ||
| Average Temp in November | 5 . 76°C | ||
| Average Temp in October | 9 . 74°C | ||
| Average Temp in September | 12 . 03°C | ||
| Average Temp in August | 15 . 08°C | ||
| Average Temp in July | 14 . 71°C | ||
| Average Temp in June | 12 . 87°C | ||
| Average Temp in May | 12 . 82°C | ||
| Average Temp in April | 7 . 69°C | ||
| Average Temp in March | 5 . 91°C | ||
| Average Temp in February | 5 . 89°C | ||
| Average Temp in 2023 | 9. 52 °C | ||
| Average Temp in December | 5 . 34°C | ||
| Average Temp in 2022 | 9. 63 °C | ||
| Average Temp in 2021 | 8. 66 °C | ||
| Average Temp in 2020 | 8. 93 °C | ||
| Average Temp in 2019 | 8. 65 °C | ||
| Average Temp in 2018 | 8. 87 °C | ||
| Average Temp in 2017 | 9. 60 °C | ||
| Average Temp in 2016 | 8. 95 °C | ||
| Average Temp in 2015 | 8. 54 °C | ||
| Average Temp in 2014 ( For earlier figures see the link top left) | 9. 24 °C | ||
| Today's Temperature Extremes: | |||
| High Temperature | 7.5°C at 0:00 | ||
| Low Temperature | 5.9°C at 3:52 | ||
| Other Extremes (Since March 2003) | |||
| High Temperature |
36.3°C at 15.02 on 19th July
2022 (Previous highs were 34.3°C at 17.13 on 18th July 2022 , 31.90°C on 25th July 2019 and 30.7°C at 15.51 on 9th August 2003) |
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| Low Temperature |
-11.0°C at 07:35 on 20th December 2010 |
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| Highest Daily Rainfall (Midnight to Midnight) |
79 mm (3.11 inches) on 20th October
2023 Previous highest was 77 mm (3.03 inches) on 10th August 2004 |
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| Highest Monthly Rainfall |
308
mm (12.13 inches) in February 2020 (Previous highest was 287mm (11.30 inches)in August 2004) |
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| Highest Daily Sunshine Hours |
16.50 Hours on 14th June 2023
Previous highest was 16.36 Hours on 27th June 2018 |
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| Highest Monthly Sunshine Hours | 281. 87 Hours in July 2006 | ||
| Highest Wind Speed Gust | 88.08 mph on 21st January 2012 | ||
| Astronomical Data | |||
| Sunrise | 6:32 | ||
| Sunset | 19:46 | ||
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| Moonrise | 9:35 | ||
| Moonset | 3:34 | ||
