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....ROAD REPORTS: ......ASHBOURNE - Beware if travelling north towards Buxton through Ashbourne "There is NO WAY THROUGH travelling north!" - The A515 - that is Dig Street, Church Street and St John's Street as far as the Market Place turning, are all closed for roadwork's - so if you try to get through, you will be diverted via Matlock - best to avoid! - the roads website, say these works will be to September! (come on DCC you can do better than that!) Thank you Pamela Bateman for the closure updates.
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...... 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 at all times - 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: 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 July 2025!........
.................................................Good Morning .....Pollen Index...… MEDIUM ... UV Index.....MEDIUM …............Weather Forecast ..........
Easter Sunday:
Sunday: mainly dry with bright and sunny periods - moderate easterly winds - Maximum Air Temperature 15°C.
Sunday Evening and Night: a mainly dry evening and nighttime with bright and some clearer periods - cloud building more in nighttime - moderate south easterly winds - frost free - Minimum temperature 6°C.
Monday:
Monday: fairly cloudy with light showers - some limited brighter periods - lighter winds - Maximum Air Temperature 12°C.
Monday Evening and Night: patchy showers and drier periods - moderate south westerly winds - frost free - Minimum temperature 5°C.
Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:
Tuesday: light showers and some bright periods - moderate south westerly winds - Maximum Air Temperature 14°C. ... Wednesday: patchy showers and bright intervals - moderate north easterly winds - Maximum Air Temperature 14°C. ... Thursday: mainly dry with some bright periods - moderate north easterly winds - Maximum Air Temperature 14°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:
....ROAD REPORTS: ......ASHBOURNE - Beware if travelling north towards Buxton through Ashbourne "There is NO WAY THROUGH travelling north!" - The A515 - that is Dig Street, Church Street and St John's Street as far as the Market Place turning, are all closed for roadwork's - so if you try to get through, you will be diverted via Matlock - best to avoid! - the roads website, say these works will be to September! (come on DCC you can do better than that!) Thank you Pamela Bateman for the closure updates.
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...... 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 at all times - 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: 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 July 2025!........
.................................................Good Morning .....Pollen Index...… MEDIUM ... UV Index.....MEDIUM …............Weather Forecast ..........
Easter Sunday:
Sunday: mainly dry with bright and sunny periods - moderate easterly winds - Maximum Air Temperature 15°C.
Sunday Evening and Night: a mainly dry evening and nighttime with bright and some clearer periods - cloud building more in nighttime - moderate south easterly winds - frost free - Minimum temperature 6°C.
Monday:
Monday: fairly cloudy with light showers - some limited brighter periods - lighter winds - Maximum Air Temperature 12°C.
Monday Evening and Night: patchy showers and drier periods - moderate south westerly winds - frost free - Minimum temperature 5°C.
Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:
Tuesday: light showers and some bright periods - moderate south westerly winds - Maximum Air Temperature 14°C. ... Wednesday: patchy showers and bright intervals - moderate north easterly winds - Maximum Air Temperature 14°C. ... Thursday: mainly dry with some bright periods - moderate north easterly winds - Maximum Air Temperature 14°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:
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Met Office - Longer Range Forecast, for the entire UK Met Office.:
..................Thursday 24 Apr - Saturday 3 May
Mainly dry across the UK at the start of this period. Some light rain or showers are possible across southern and western areas, but other regions will be brighter with spells of sunshine. Into the weekend, this is likely to be little change with most areas fine and dry. Parts of the west and southwest are likely to be cloudier with a risk of some patchy rain or drizzle. Into the final days of April and start of May, high pressure is likely to be the dominant weather pattern. Fine and dry weather is expected for the majority of the UK with periods of sunshine. Winds are likely to be light with temperatures close to or slightly above normal.
Sunday 4 May - Sunday 18 May
Often fine and dry across the UK in early May with high pressure patterns expected to dominate. Toward the middle of the month, there is an increasing chance of showers or longer spells of rain developing. Temperatures are expected to be close to or slightly above average...........................................
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..................Thursday 24 Apr - Saturday 3 May
Mainly dry across the UK at the start of this period. Some light rain or showers are possible across southern and western areas, but other regions will be brighter with spells of sunshine. Into the weekend, this is likely to be little change with most areas fine and dry. Parts of the west and southwest are likely to be cloudier with a risk of some patchy rain or drizzle. Into the final days of April and start of May, high pressure is likely to be the dominant weather pattern. Fine and dry weather is expected for the majority of the UK with periods of sunshine. Winds are likely to be light with temperatures close to or slightly above normal.
Sunday 4 May - Sunday 18 May
Often fine and dry across the UK in early May with high pressure patterns expected to dominate. Toward the middle of the month, there is an increasing chance of showers or longer spells of rain developing. Temperatures are expected to be close to or slightly above average...........................................
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Weather Station Maintained by Michael Hilton, Buxton, Derbyshire |
Conditions At: 8:22 on 20/4/25 |
Outside, Shade Temperature 4.6 °C |
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| Dew Point | 2.3°C | ||
| Humidity | 85% | ||
| Barometer (corrected to sea level) |
1010mB Rate 0.19mB/hr |
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| Wind Figures: | |||
| Wind Speed | 1mph | ||
| Wind Direction | ENE | ||
| Wind Chill (How the temperature actually "feels") | 4.6 °C | ||
| Wind Currently Gusting To | 12mph | ||
| Peak Wind Gust Today | 17mph at 0:19 | ||
| Rainfall Figures: | |||
| Rainfall Today (Since Midnight) | 0.0 mm | ||
| Rainfall in the last hour | 0.0 mm | ||
| Total Rainfall in April | 9.2 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 Saturday (Sunrise to Sunset) (Updated after Sunset) | 0 . 12 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in April (Updated after Sunset) | 148 . 96 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 | 5.3°C at 0:03 | ||
| Low Temperature | 1.9°C at 5:37 | ||
| 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 | 5:55 | ||
| Sunset | 20:16 | ||
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| Moonrise | 3:31 | ||
| Moonset | 10:05 | ||
