Springfield, Manchester Weather
About Springfield, Manchester
Springfield holds a quiet resilience, its red-brick terraces unfolding beneath a sky that often carries the bruised purple of an approaching northern storm. It lies 0.9 miles north-west of Wigan (from Wigan: bearing 306°T, OS grid SD 571 065). Beyond the domestic thresholds, the land tilts gently toward the low-lying basins that once powered the region’s coal-hungry furnaces. Residents often find respite in the open expanse of Gidlow Playing Fields, where the wind shears across the grass with a sharp, insistent clarity. To the south, the dark, rhythmic pulse of Barley Brook traces a path through the landscape, a reminder of the water that long ago defined the industrial geography of these streets. Springfield retains a suburban stillness that contrasts with the heavier, soot-stained memories of its neighbouring pits and rail lines. The light here has a way of catching the slate roofs in the late afternoon, turning the ordinary geometry of the neighbourhood into something momentarily luminous and strange. Though the smoke of the chimneys has long since vanished, the character of Springfield remains tethered to the industrious spirit of the North West.
Flight conditions near Springfield. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Springfield and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Springfield, Manchester Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Springfield, 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 Springfield includes coordinates 53.553378, -2.648151, 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 Springfield is available on the Springfield 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.