England

Ashton-under-Lyne, United Kingdom Climate

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Ashton-under-Lyne, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 19°C; the coldest is February, with an average low of 1°C. A normal year brings 954 mm of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Ashton-under-Lyne through the year, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

Normals for Sep 25

Normal high
16°C
Normal low
8°C
Reanalysis high
18°Cin 2013
Reanalysis low
2°Cin 2018
Chance of a wet day
52%
Daylight
12 h 01 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowWarmestColdestPrecipitationWet days
January5°C1°C12°C (2015)-7°C (2010)84 mm15.5
February6°C1°C16°C (2019)-8°C (2012)68 mm14.1
March9°C2°C18°C (2012)-6°C (2001)65 mm15.5
April11°C3°C22°C (2003)-4°C (2003)63 mm15.0
May15°C6°C25°C (2012)-2°C (1996)65 mm15.5
June17°C9°C26°C (2011)2°C (2001)84 mm15.0
July19°C11°C30°C (2019)5°C (2001)84 mm18.6
August19°C11°C28°C (2003)4°C (1993)90 mm18.6
September17°C9°C25°C (2016)2°C (2018)75 mm15.0
October13°C6°C24°C (2011)-4°C (1997)93 mm15.5
November8°C4°C17°C (2005)-5°C (1993)93 mm18.0
December6°C1°C13°C (2015)-8°C (2010)90 mm15.5
Year12°C5°C954 mm192

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

954 mm in a normal year, most in October.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Ashton-under-Lyne, in percent.020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Ashton-under-Lyne.

Days with a mean dew point of 18°C or more are rare here in every month.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January2°C95%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February2°C93%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March3°C89%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April5°C86%100%0%0%0%0%0%
May7°C82%97%3%0%0%0%0%
June10°C83%86%11%2%0%0%0%
July12°C83%63%31%6%0%0%0%
August12°C85%63%29%8%0%0%0%
September10°C87%87%12%1%0%0%0%
October8°C91%97%3%0%0%0%0%
November5°C95%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December3°C96%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 13°C, comfortable to 16°C, humid to 18°C, muggy to 21°C, oppressive to 24°C, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is December, with the sky 71 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is June, at 77 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is January, averaging 21.6 km/h at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 22, with 17 h 03 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 20, with 7 h 28 min.

Hours of daylight at Ashton-under-Lyne through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Day length

Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

Month pages

The weather in Ashton-under-Lyne in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

Where no station record is within reach, the extremes shown are the highest and lowest the reanalysis produced for the date in 1991-2020, not measured records.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.