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.... Weather Forecast for Buxton & The Peak District: ...
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..ROAD CONDITIONS: UPDATE @ 18.00 Thursday - most of last nights snow has now gone and all roads, including high level routes are operating normally....
..ROAD WORKS REPORTS: New footpaths are being installed along west side (by Ripon Gardens/Keepmoat ) of the A515, out of Buxton - SO there will be temporary traffic lights (this may be done in two sections) along this stretch of road from Central Drive to The B&Q Turning, from Monday February 16th until the footpaths are finished - that is expected to be by Friday March 13th.
AND ..A623 Sparrowpit to Baslow Road - closing at nights from Manchester Bends/ Manchester Road junction to Tideswell Crossroads - 19.00 to 0600 from Tuesday 17th February to Friday 20th February.
AND ... "Long delays being reported on the A6 at Dove Holes with four way temporary lights on Friday - the lights at the Dale Road Crossroads are being replaced - possibly going on to 20th February!
AND ... After the melee at Dove Holes traffic light replacement - which has been causing long delays for weeks, NOW, similar is about to take place - again with Multiway Lights - this time DCC again, at the New Mills Newtown traffic lights on the A6 - this will be from Monday 23rd February - scheduled to last to 14th April.
AND .. TRAINS... Please note that a major update is taking place at Piccadilly Station Manchester and that affects Buxton Trains - ...... From Saturday 14th February to Sunday 22nd February there will be a rail replacement bus service from Piccadilly to Stockport and trains will run a reduced frequency service between Stockport, Hazel Grove and Buxton. AND on Sunday 1st March and Sunday 22nd March there will be a replacement bus service to 13.00 hrs (Thank you Joe Brown for the update)
AND ...Via Gellia - UPDATE ....Ash dieback road closure Work to remove trees affected by ash dieback disease along the Via Gellia road (A5012) is nearing completion. The final section between Cromford and Bonsall will close on Monday 9 February 2026. From Monday (9 February), work will move to another section and a road closure will be in place between the junction with B5036, Cromford Hill to Clatterway from 8am to 4pm. This will allow contractors to remove the remaining trees at risk of causing a danger to road users on the Via Gellia. Signed diversions will be in place. Work on the Cromford to Clatterway section is expected to take around three days to complete and the section of road between Clatterway (Bonsall) and Ryder Point will re-open on Monday (9 February) to coincide with this work and allow access to Bonsall. The section of road between Ryder Point and Grangemill is expected to re-open completely during the afternoon or evening of Friday 27 February, weather permitting, signalling the project’s completion..
AND The B5470 Macclesfield to Whaley Bridge Road UPDATE: - the council is expecting the road to be back open by late June, 2026.......
.................................................Good Evening ..........Weather Forecast .......
Thursday Evening and Night: cold with patchy wintry showers - mist patches forming too - moderate south westerly winds - a ground frost - Minimum temperature 1°C.- BEWARE!...with Wind Chill this will feel like -2°C.!
Friday:
Friday: after a cold early start, temperatures rising through the day - cloudy with any overnight wintry showers soon turning to rain, some heavy - some drier periods - quite brisk south westerly winds - Maximum Air Temperature 7°C.
Friday Evening and Night: cloudy with rain showers - quite lively south westerly winds - frost free - Minimum temperature 6°C.
Saturday:
Saturday: much more mild - and cloudy, with rain showers, some heavy - some drier periods - brisk south westerly winds gusting to 30mph+ later - Maximum Air Temperature 10°C.
Saturday Evening and Night: mild and cloudy with rain showers - brisk south westerly winds gusting to 30mph+ - frost free - Minimum temperature 7°C.
Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:
Sunday: mild - rain showers and some drier periods - brisk south westerly winds - Maximum Air Temperature 9°C.
Monday: mild - rain showers and some drier periods - brisk south westerly winds - Maximum Air Temperature 9°C.
Tuesday: mild - rain showers and some drier and brighter periods - brisk south westerly winds - Maximum Air Temperature 11°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 CONDITIONS: UPDATE @ 18.00 Thursday - most of last nights snow has now gone and all roads, including high level routes are operating normally....
..ROAD WORKS REPORTS: New footpaths are being installed along west side (by Ripon Gardens/Keepmoat ) of the A515, out of Buxton - SO there will be temporary traffic lights (this may be done in two sections) along this stretch of road from Central Drive to The B&Q Turning, from Monday February 16th until the footpaths are finished - that is expected to be by Friday March 13th.
AND ..A623 Sparrowpit to Baslow Road - closing at nights from Manchester Bends/ Manchester Road junction to Tideswell Crossroads - 19.00 to 0600 from Tuesday 17th February to Friday 20th February.
AND ... "Long delays being reported on the A6 at Dove Holes with four way temporary lights on Friday - the lights at the Dale Road Crossroads are being replaced - possibly going on to 20th February!
AND ... After the melee at Dove Holes traffic light replacement - which has been causing long delays for weeks, NOW, similar is about to take place - again with Multiway Lights - this time DCC again, at the New Mills Newtown traffic lights on the A6 - this will be from Monday 23rd February - scheduled to last to 14th April.
AND .. TRAINS... Please note that a major update is taking place at Piccadilly Station Manchester and that affects Buxton Trains - ...... From Saturday 14th February to Sunday 22nd February there will be a rail replacement bus service from Piccadilly to Stockport and trains will run a reduced frequency service between Stockport, Hazel Grove and Buxton. AND on Sunday 1st March and Sunday 22nd March there will be a replacement bus service to 13.00 hrs (Thank you Joe Brown for the update)
AND ...Via Gellia - UPDATE ....Ash dieback road closure Work to remove trees affected by ash dieback disease along the Via Gellia road (A5012) is nearing completion. The final section between Cromford and Bonsall will close on Monday 9 February 2026. From Monday (9 February), work will move to another section and a road closure will be in place between the junction with B5036, Cromford Hill to Clatterway from 8am to 4pm. This will allow contractors to remove the remaining trees at risk of causing a danger to road users on the Via Gellia. Signed diversions will be in place. Work on the Cromford to Clatterway section is expected to take around three days to complete and the section of road between Clatterway (Bonsall) and Ryder Point will re-open on Monday (9 February) to coincide with this work and allow access to Bonsall. The section of road between Ryder Point and Grangemill is expected to re-open completely during the afternoon or evening of Friday 27 February, weather permitting, signalling the project’s completion..
AND The B5470 Macclesfield to Whaley Bridge Road UPDATE: - the council is expecting the road to be back open by late June, 2026.......
.................................................Good Evening ..........Weather Forecast .......
Thursday Evening and Night: cold with patchy wintry showers - mist patches forming too - moderate south westerly winds - a ground frost - Minimum temperature 1°C.- BEWARE!...with Wind Chill this will feel like -2°C.!
Friday:
Friday: after a cold early start, temperatures rising through the day - cloudy with any overnight wintry showers soon turning to rain, some heavy - some drier periods - quite brisk south westerly winds - Maximum Air Temperature 7°C.
Friday Evening and Night: cloudy with rain showers - quite lively south westerly winds - frost free - Minimum temperature 6°C.
Saturday:
Saturday: much more mild - and cloudy, with rain showers, some heavy - some drier periods - brisk south westerly winds gusting to 30mph+ later - Maximum Air Temperature 10°C.
Saturday Evening and Night: mild and cloudy with rain showers - brisk south westerly winds gusting to 30mph+ - frost free - Minimum temperature 7°C.
Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:
Sunday: mild - rain showers and some drier periods - brisk south westerly winds - Maximum Air Temperature 9°C.
Monday: mild - rain showers and some drier periods - brisk south westerly winds - Maximum Air Temperature 9°C.
Tuesday: mild - rain showers and some drier and brighter periods - brisk south westerly winds - Maximum Air Temperature 11°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.:
..................Tuesday 24 Feb - Thursday 5 Mar
Broadly changeable during this period with Atlantic frontal systems moving across the country and shorter dry and bright interludes in-between. Rain and showers typically heaviest and most frequent in the west, with more sheltered eastern areas seeing much smaller amounts of rain. Often windy with a chance of gales at times. Temperatures well above average at first, likely falling closer to average towards the end of February and into March, perhaps briefly cold enough for some wintry showers or even snow in upland areas of the north. A very small chance of more settled weather by the end of the period.
Friday 6 Mar - Friday 20 Mar
Confidence remains low through this period. The most likely outcome is a continuation of rather changeable conditions, with low pressure systems tending to pass close to or across the UK, bringing occasional spells of wet and windy weather, especially in the north and west. High pressure to the south may build across the UK at times to bring some drier, quieter interludes, this probably most frequent in the south and east - the chances of prolonged settled weather look very low. Temperatures are likely to be near or slightly above average for the period as a whole, though some relatively short-lived interludes of colder conditions remain possible............................
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..................Tuesday 24 Feb - Thursday 5 Mar
Broadly changeable during this period with Atlantic frontal systems moving across the country and shorter dry and bright interludes in-between. Rain and showers typically heaviest and most frequent in the west, with more sheltered eastern areas seeing much smaller amounts of rain. Often windy with a chance of gales at times. Temperatures well above average at first, likely falling closer to average towards the end of February and into March, perhaps briefly cold enough for some wintry showers or even snow in upland areas of the north. A very small chance of more settled weather by the end of the period.
Friday 6 Mar - Friday 20 Mar
Confidence remains low through this period. The most likely outcome is a continuation of rather changeable conditions, with low pressure systems tending to pass close to or across the UK, bringing occasional spells of wet and windy weather, especially in the north and west. High pressure to the south may build across the UK at times to bring some drier, quieter interludes, this probably most frequent in the south and east - the chances of prolonged settled weather look very low. Temperatures are likely to be near or slightly above average for the period as a whole, though some relatively short-lived interludes of colder conditions remain possible............................
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Conditions At: 21:16 on 19/2/26 |
Outside, Shade Temperature 2.3 °C |
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| Dew Point | 1.6°C | ||
| Humidity | 95% | ||
| Barometer (corrected to sea level) |
1012mB Rate 0.40mB/hr |
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| Wind Figures: | |||
| Wind Speed | 2mph | ||
| Wind Direction | WNW | ||
| Wind Chill (How the temperature actually "feels") | 1.6 °C | ||
| Wind Currently Gusting To | 10mph | ||
| Peak Wind Gust Today | 22mph at 4:21 | ||
| Rainfall Figures: | |||
| Rainfall Today (Since Midnight) | 7.0 mm | ||
| Rainfall in the last hour | 0.2 mm | ||
| Total Rainfall in February | 139.8 mm | ||
| Total Rainfall in January | 173.6 mm (6.83 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in 2025 | 1319.4 mm (51.95 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in December | 192.0mm (7.56 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in November | 216.8mm (8.54 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in October | 189.2mm (7.45 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in September | 237.0mm (9.33 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in August | 44.2 mm (1.74 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in July | 66.8 mm (2.63 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in June | 76.2 mm (3.00 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in May | 61.2 mm (2.41 inches) | ||
| Total Rainfall in April | 18.8 mm (0.74 inches) | ||
| 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 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 Thursday (Sunrise to Sunset) (Updated after Sunset) | 0 . 00 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in February (Updated after Sunset) | 12 . 63 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in January (Updated after Sunset) | 32 . 13 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in 2025 | 1502 .81 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in December (Updated after Sunset) | 25 . 50 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in November (Updated after Sunset) | 51 . 43 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in October (Updated after Sunset) | 55 . 69 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in September (Updated after Sunset) | 116 . 16 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in August (Updated after Sunset) | 151 . 46 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in July (Updated after Sunset) | 163 . 59 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in June (Updated after Sunset) | 195 . 70 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in May (Updated after Sunset) | 225 . 43 Hours | ||
| Sun Hours in April (Updated after Sunset) | 229 . 57 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 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 January | 2 . 71°C | ||
| Average Temp in 2025 | 9. 61 °C | ||
| Average Temp in December | 5 . 49°C | ||
| Average Temp in November | 6 . 57°C | ||
| Average Temp in October | 9 . 75°C | ||
| Average Temp in September | 11 . 91°C | ||
| Average Temp in August | 15 . 90°C | ||
| Average Temp in July | 16 . 36°C | ||
| Average Temp in June | 15 . 41°C | ||
| Average Temp in May | 12 . 15°C | ||
| Average Temp in April | 9 . 53°C | ||
| 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 2023 | 9. 52 °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 | 2.3°C at 20:43 | ||
| Low Temperature | 0.2°C at 4:59 | ||
| 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 | 7:15 | ||
| Sunset | 17:24 | ||
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| Moonrise | 7:53 | ||
| Moonset | 20:17 | ||
