Dimple, Manchester Weather
About Dimple, Manchester
Dimple reveals itself as a quiet collection of stone dwellings gathered against the rising slopes of the West Pennine Moors. It lies 4.1 miles north of Bolton (from Bolton: bearing 351°T, OS grid SD 705 156), and is situated north of Horrocks Fold village. The landscape surrounding Dimple carries the ancient imprint of glacial movement, where the ground rises in firm, gritstone shoulders toward the sky. To the west, the dark, reflective waters of Delph Reservoir hold the grey light of a northern afternoon with a stillness that borders on the solemn. Nearby, the water of Delph Brook cuts a restless path through the valley, its constant, low-frequency hum providing a soundtrack to the shifting weather patterns. Further east, the high, windswept ridge of Cheetham Close guards the horizon, its summit marked by prehistoric stones that remain indifferent to the passage of modern industry. The air here tastes of peat and sudden dampness, a sharp reminder of the high moorland that presses against the edges of the gardens. Dimple remains a place where the horizon feels vast, demanding that one look upward toward the Turton Heights to truly grasp the scale of the earth.
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About This Dimple, Manchester Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dimple, Manchester, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Air quality data includes PM2.5, PM10, ozone and the UK Daily Air Quality Index (DAQI 1-10) as used by DEFRA and the Met Office. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Dimple includes coordinates 53.636543, -2.446734, in the county of Manchester, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Dimple is available on the Dimple map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Manchester weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.