Lower Broughton, Manchester Weather
About Lower Broughton, Manchester
Lower Broughton occupies a stretch of low-lying land where the River Irwell traces a deliberate, meandering curve through the northern sprawl of Salford. It lies 1.5 miles north-west of Manchester (from Manchester: bearing 325°T, OS grid SD 824 000). The landscape here holds the quiet, industrious memory of Victorian expansion, where red-brick terraces still shoulder the weight of a changing industrial horizon. A soft, hazy light frequently settles over the rooftops, softening the edges of the modern housing that has replaced the earlier mills and warehouses. Residents often seek a moment of respite in the greenery of Albert Park, where the trees provide a sharp, verdant contrast to the pervasive grey of the surrounding brickwork. Towards the southern boundary, the expansive grounds of Peel Park offer a grander scale of open space, marking the transition from the domestic intimacy of Lower Broughton toward the cultural institutions of the city centre. The air carries a brisk, damp quality characteristic of the North West, often stirred by the winds that sweep across the river valley. Each street corner in Lower Broughton retains a stubborn, distinct character, standing as a quiet record of the families who have laboured and lived within these narrow, purposeful grids for generations.
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About This Lower Broughton, Manchester Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lower Broughton, 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 Lower Broughton includes coordinates 53.496414, -2.26609, 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 Lower Broughton is available on the Lower Broughton 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.