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Rain or Shine?

Bolton does not escape getting any weather! Although about 40 km (25 miles) inland, it benefits from the warming of the Gulf Stream and usually escapes the severity of weather experienced elsewhere on Earth at this latitude.

Rainfall varies greatly in this area, and large variations from the average are to be expected.

Averages are not available for Bolton however here's the averages for Manchester which is 12 km (8 miles) south west of Bolton.

                 Temp (deg C)   Rainfall    Sunshine
                 min    max       (mm)     (hrs/month)
January          0.9    6.1        71           42
February         0.9    6.5        53           62
March            2.3    9.0        48          107
April            4.2   11.9        53          140
May              7.2   15.5        60          185
June            10.0   18.5        61          189
July            11.8   19.4        76          160
August          11.7   19.4        91          157
September        9.9   17.1        76          123
October          7.2   13.8        75           96
November         3.5    9.1        78           57
December         1.9    7.2        77           41

All averages here are from met office data from the period 
1951 to 1994.

(Thanks to Robin Clark at the University of Plymouth, UK. For News, Weather and Satellite now available on his web page, http://www.lookup.com/Homepages/68235/home.htm)

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