Town of Lowton, Manchester Weather
About Town of Lowton, Manchester
Brick chimneys and slate roofs define the skyline of the Town of Lowton, where the industrial legacy of the North West persists in the sturdy lines of its older architecture. It lies 1.0 miles south-south-east of Golborne (from Golborne: bearing 167°T, OS grid SJ 607 961). Beyond the residential lanes, the landscape softens toward the gentle depression of Golborne Dale, a valley that catches the low, amber light of late afternoon. Highfield Moss Sssi preserves a quiet fragment of ancient peatland nearby, its twenty hectares of bog and heath providing a sanctuary for flora that has long vanished from the surrounding built-up plains. The Town of Lowton maintains a character shaped by its evolution from a rural parish into a significant node within the Wigan district. Residents often walk the paths where Millingford Brook carves its narrow, reed-lined course through the local fields. These waterways hum with a persistent, cold clarity, reflecting the changing moods of the English sky above. The air here holds a particular weight, carrying the faint, metallic memory of the coal seams that once dictated the pace of life for generations of local families.
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About This Town of Lowton, Manchester Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Town of Lowton, 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 Town of Lowton includes coordinates 53.460943, -2.592098, 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 Town of Lowton is available on the Town of Lowton 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.