Vermilion Sands: Weather forecast

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Met Office 7-day forecast for Manchester (Manchester)

Model run at 1000, Wed 28 Oct 2026. All times UTC.
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Wed
28 Oct
2026
10.2°C ±1.2
57% ★ SW
6 / 25mph
12.4°C ±1.0
9% : SW
7 / 16mph
13.9°C ±0.6
4% : W
9 / 19mph
13.8°C ±0.6
8% : WSW
5 / 13mph
12.4°C ±0.7
5% : SSW
4 / 12mph
Thu
29 Oct
2026
11.3°C ±0.3
5% ★ SSW
4 / 10mph
10.8°C ±0.2
5% : S
3 / 8mph
10.4°C ±0.2
6% : SE
3 / 9mph
10.7°C ±0.4
7% : SSE
3 / 8mph
12.4°C ±1.3
5% : S
5 / 9mph
14.1°C ±0.4
4% : S
7 / 13mph
13.6°C ±0.9
5% : SE
5 / 11mph
12.2°C ±0.5
5% : SE
5 / 13mph
Fri
30 Oct
2026
11.3°C ±0.4
4% ★ SE
6 / 14mph
10.5°C ±0.4
4% : SE
5 / 13mph
9.9°C ±0.3
1% : SE
6 / 13mph
10.0°C ±0.5
1% : SE
6 / 14mph
11.7°C ±1.2
4% : SSE
8 / 17mph
13.1°C ±0.3
0% : SSE
7 / 14mph
12.1°C ±1.2
0% : SE
5 / 10mph
10.3°C ±0.7
1% : ESE
4 / 8mph
Sat
31 Oct
2026
9.1°C ±0.5
1% ★ ESE
4 / 7mph
8.2°C ±0.5
1% : ESE
4 / 6mph
7.3°C ±0.4
13% ★ ESE
4 / 7mph
7.5°C ±0.5
14% ★ SE
4 / 9mph
9.2°C ±1.2
7% : SSE
5 / 11mph
10.9°C ±0.6
2% : SSE
4 / 9mph
10.4°C ±1.0
4% : S
3 / 5mph
8.9°C ±0.6
5% : SE
2 / 4mph
Sun
1 Nov
2026
7.8°C ±0.4
15% ★ ESE
2 / 4mph
7.2°C ±0.2
16% ★ ENE
2 / 4mph
7.1°C ±0.2
17% ★ NE
2 / 4mph
7.4°C ±0.4
17% ★ NNW
2 / 6mph
9.2°C ±1.3
9% : N
3 / 8mph
11.1°C ±0.6
7% : NNE
4 / 9mph
10.7°C ±1.0
2% : NE
5 / 10mph
9.4°C ±0.5
2% : NE
5 / 10mph
Mon
2 Nov
2026
8.5°C ±0.5
1% ★ NE
5 / 10mph
7.7°C ±0.5
1% : NE
5 / 9mph
7.0°C ±0.4
1% : NE
5 / 9mph
7.5°C ±0.8
1% : NE
5 / 10mph
9.6°C ±1.3
1% : ENE
7 / 16mph
11.0°C ±0.1
2% : N
6 / 12mph
9.8°C ±1.2
1% : NNE
5 / 10mph
8.1°C ±0.5
1% : NNE
5 / 9mph
Tue
3 Nov
2026
7.3°C ±0.3
1% ★ NE
5 / 9mph
6.9°C ±0.2
1% : NE
5 / 9mph
6.6°C ±0.2
1% : NE
5 / 9mph
7.5°C ±1.0
2% : ENE
5 / 11mph
9.6°C ±1.2
2% : ENE
6 / 14mph
10.5°C ±0.3
2% : ENE
6 / 12mph
9.5°C ±0.7
1% : ENE
5 / 10mph
8.5°C ±0.4
2% : NNE
5 / 10mph
Locations: Leeds, Manchester, London, Glasgow, Lusaka, Scarborough

Notes

This forecast originally used publicly available information from the Met Office's DataPoint service. This is being discontinued in late 2025 (and was increasing unreliable running up to that date), and is replaced by the DataHub service. Which is being used for the above forecast.

DataHub is more complex to process, but provides more information and better global coverage. Each table cell above contains, in order:

  • The predicted temperature, in degrees Celsius. DataHub provides a maximum and a minimum, and I've averaged these and given the possible variation (the ± figure).
    Maxima over 25°C and 30°C are highlighted thusly.
    Similarly, minima below 5°C and 0°C are highlighted.
  • The next line contains the probablity of any precipitation (rain, mostly), followed by...
  • ...the wind direction.
  • The final text line gives the predicted average wind, followed by the maximum gust. DataHub uses m/sec, but I've converted these to mph.
    Calm weather (≤5mph wind), strong gusts (≥25mph) and storm-force gusts (≥40mph) are highlighted.
  • Finally, there's an icon representing the prevailing weather type.
A ★ in the cell means there's extra information present -- hover over the cell to see it. For example, all midnight cells contain this symbol, and the pop-up shows the visibility. This is ground-level only, and doesn't mean clear skies! Other extra information may include significant -- over 10% probability -- rain/snow (as light/heavy probability, and total amount) and hail and lightning probability.

Select another location from the list below the table.

Rain radar

Lightning

Credits

Data courtesy of the Met Office DataHub service.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Analysis coding by Admin1, written in Python.