Tunstead, Manchester Weather
About Tunstead, Manchester
Tunstead carries the grit and quiet permanence of the Pennines, where stone walls define the boundaries of sky and earth. It lies 2.5 miles east-north-east of Mossley (from Mossley: bearing 58°T, OS grid SE 004 045), and is situated south-south-east of Uppermill village. The land rises sharply toward the eastern horizon, where the rugged slopes of Yarns Hill catch the fleeting, thin light of the North West. Below these heights, the moisture of the landscape gathers in the dark, peaty currents of Chew Brook as it carves a path through the lower ground. Tunstead retains the austere character of its industrial origins, echoing with the memory of looms and the clatter of stone against stone. The horizon is dominated by the looming presence of Alderman’s Hill, a silent sentinel that watches over the clusters of dwellings huddled against the incline. Rain frequently slicks the gritstone facades, lending the architecture a deep, bruised colour that matches the mood of the surrounding moorland. Each house holds the cold, clean air of the peaks, grounding the domestic life of Tunstead in the stark, unyielding geology of the district.
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About This Tunstead, Manchester Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Tunstead, 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 Tunstead includes coordinates 53.537509, -1.994198, 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 Tunstead is available on the Tunstead 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.