Roughtown, Manchester Weather
About Roughtown, Manchester
Roughtown maintains a sturdy, elevated presence upon the Pennine slopes, where the air holds a sharpness born of the high moorland winds. It lies 0.5 miles north-east of Mossley (from Mossley: bearing 53°T, OS grid SD 976 028), and is situated south of Quick village. Stone cottages of local gritstone define the domestic architecture, their dark, weathered facades absorbing the weak northern sunlight that reflects off the damp cobbles. A short walk to Roughtown Green provides a quiet vantage point, where the grass grows thick and resilient against the persistent rainfall of the Tameside district. Below, the landscape descends into the industrial memory of the valley, where the cold, clear waters of Micklehurst Brook once powered the looms that drove the regional economy. Roughtown occupies a liminal space between the dense urban sprawl of Manchester and the untamed, open expanses of the hills above. The proximity of Noonsun Hill to the east offers a constant, looming horizon that dictates the changing moods of the evening light. Life here carries the weight of a long manufacturing heritage, felt in the solid geometry of the buildings and the brisk, no-nonsense gait of those traversing the steep incline of the streets.
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About This Roughtown, Manchester Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Roughtown, 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 Roughtown includes coordinates 53.522646, -2.036327, 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 Roughtown is available on the Roughtown 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.