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The village and its weather

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Goostrey is a rural village in Cheshire with a population of about 2300. It is not on a main road, but is only about four miles from junction 18 on the M6 motorway. It has a station served by hourly stopping trains on the main Crewe – Manchester railway line. Amenities include a Post Office and a limited range of shops , a junior school, two pubs, the Parish Church and the Methodist Church. The village is surrounded by farm land and wooded countryside, offering attractive walks. The centre of Manchester is 20 miles to the north and its airport about 12 miles away. Chester is 25 miles to the west and Birmingham about 60 miles to the south. The village is two miles across the fields from Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope.

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Goostrey Church : On a Spring evening and at Easter 2000

The present Church was completed in 1796, but the font dates back to the 15^th century. The Yew Tree by the door is about 800 years old. The interior has oak panelling with plasterwork and the stained glass is 19^th century French.

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Church Cottages and Red Lion, and the Crown Inn, Goostrey

The centre portion of Church Cottages is original half-timber and plaster, but the cottages were extended in brick at each end, painted to match the earlier construction.

The Crown Inn was formerly a farm which brewed beer for sale

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Rush hour at Goostrey station and a local train crossing the Dane Viaduct

The line through Goostrey was completed as part of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway in 1841. The brick viaduct is about 600 yards long and over 100 feet high: after over 170 years’ service it is still capable of taking heavy trains travelling at up to 125 mph.

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The Old Mill and a view to the Lovell Radio Telescope at Jodrell Bank

The Radio Telescope was completed in 1957 for the University of Manchester and has been regularly updated.

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Goostrey Church, Christmas 2000

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WEATHER STATISTICS FOR GOOSTREY, CHESHIRE, U.K.

The site at which recordings are made is approximately 190 feet above mean sea level.

Note: while the site at which these statistics have been gathered does not fully comply with Meteorological Office requirements because of the proximity of buildings, rainfall records are likely to be accurate within a very small margin of tolerance. Temperatures may record fractionally higher than the level likely to be achieved by a properly sited thermometer, depending partly upon wind direction and speed.

Rainfall at Goostrey, Cheshire, 1987 - 2011 (inches)

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Year	Wettest day		Dry days #

*1987*				1.66	2.21	5.72	2.94	4.24	2.29	5.12	2.89	1.72	*37.50	1.35	4th June		*1987*
*1988*	4.39	1.59	4.87	1.39	1.77	2.80	4.94	3.27	2.20	2.98	1.83	2.41	34.44	1.06	30th Nov	183	*1988*
*1989*	1.27	2.33	2.68	3.15	1.41	1.96	2.77	1.84	1.16	3.64	2.72	3.55	28.48	1.16	1st July	195	*1989*

*1990*	4.60	2.67	1.38	1.38	1.18	2.69	1.52	2.29	3.29	3.24	3.12	3.34	30.70	1.02	25th Sept	164	*1990*
*1991*	2.05	0.90	1.55	1.10	0.43	3.32	2.70	1.01	2.14	2.48	2.99	2.82	23.49	0.91	22nd Dec	195	*1991*
*1992*	1.81	1.45	3.81	1.93	3.36	0.77	2.54	4.21	2.08	4.56	4.11	2.78	33.41	2.08	30th May	174	*1992*
*1993*	2.58	0.64	0.32	2.63	2.96	2.40	3.56	2.09	2.86	2.02	1.80	5.59	29.45	0.65	16th July	165	*1993*
*1994*	3.65	1.02	3.21	3.27	1.05	1.50	1.85	1.85	4.70	3.85	2.67	4.73	33.35	1.13	15th Sept	153	*1994*
*1995*	3.89	3.69	2.81	0.89	1.54	1.04	1.66	0.78	3.39	0.96	1.38	1.62	23.65	0.87	26th Jan	180	*1995*
*1996*	0.78	2.05	0.85	1.66	2.33	1.47	1.87	2.94	1.16	3.09	4.19	2.16	24.55	0.90	19th Dec	201	*1996*
*1997*	0.41	3.06	1.45	1.24	4.16	4.84	1.47	2.28	1.43	2.36	2.66	3.67	29.03	1.08	6th May	181	*1997*
*1998*	3.00	1.03	4.16	3.98	0.88	4.50	2.32	2.50	2.00	7.27	3.02	1.80	36.46	1.21	23rd Oct	134	*1998*
*1999*	3.94	1.69	3.52	3.37	2.70	2.75	1.46	3.05	4.88	3.47	2.50	4.89	38.22	1.16	8th May	146	*1999*

*2000*	1.90	3.30	1.56	3.40	3.06	3.34	2.40	1.85	4.80	6.69	5.84	3.45	41.59	1.36	30th Oct	124	*2000*
*2001*	1.81	3.21	1.26	4.22	3.52	1.74	1.35	4.65	2.80	3.83	2.11	1.61	32.11	1.45	15th May	149	*2001*
*2002*	1.98	4.87	1.29	2.03	2.81	2.33	4.82	4.27	1.94	4.37	3.66	3.87	38.24	1.70	10th Sept	151	*2002*
*2003*	2.08	1.65	1.63	1.82	3.40	2.06	3.30	0.54	1.51	1.85	1.57	3.30	24.71	0.63	20th Dec	180	*2003*
*2004*	4.35	2.07	1.05	2.99	1.73	2.62	3.02	7.44	2.91	3.71	2.59	2.71	37.19	1.40	10th Aug	129	*2004*
*2005*	2.43	1.75	1.65	2.64	1.91	2.57	2.13	3.07	2.47	3.68	3.06	2.62	29.98	1.36	14th Aug	161	*2005*
*2006*	1.15	2.05	3.45	2.60	3.70	0.83	0.55	4.31	3.98	4.54	2.62	4.08	33.86	1.13	15^th Sept	151	*2006*
*2007*	3.59	2.36	1.96	0.66	3.08	5.61	5.58	1.45	2.37	1.69	1.73	4.08	34.16	1.25	7^th Dec	173	*2007*
*2008*	4.24	1.21	2.64	2.49	1.72	2.15	3.30	3.50	2.90	4.91	2.31	2.38	33.75	1.58	6^th Sept	153	*2008*
*2009*	2.31	0.90	1.29	1.52	2.53	4.03	5.97	2.04	1.46	1.38	5.04	2.28	30.75	1.17	28^th June	150	*2009*
*2010*	1.94	2.21	1.46	0.50	0.76	0.94	2.87	2.90	3.22	2.81	2.45	0.72	22.78	0.76	3^rd Nov	174	*2010*
*2011*	2.04	4.43	0.59	0.41	2.18	2.75	2.16	2.89	1.46	2.31	1.70	4.99	27.91	1.12	6^th Feb	160	*2011*

*Average*
*1987-2010*	2.61	2.04	2.16	2.12	2.16	2.42	2.66	2.67	2.57	3.30	2.75	2.94	*30.40*			164


*Wettest mo*	twice	-never	never-	-never	once	four x	three	twice	once	seven x	once	four x
*Driest month*	twice	three x	six x	five x	three x	once	twice	twice	once	-never	never-	-never


*Notes*:							Seasonal averages: (based on 1987-2010)
*Figures in* *brown* *indicate the driest month each year*							Late Winter/Spring (Feb - May):				2.12" per month
*Figures in* *blue* *indicate the wettest month each year*							Summer (June - September):				2.58" per month
* estimated figure (omitted from averages)							Autumn/Early Winter (Oct - January):				2.65" per month
*# Days without rain: error margin +/- 3 days because of absences*
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Average Temperatures at Goostrey, Cheshire, (Maxima/Minima in degrees Fahrenheit), 2000 – 2011

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Year*

Year

Extremes

Max (date)

Min (date)

2000

46/36

50/37

53/38

56/39

65/44

69/51

68/52

71/55

66/51

57/44

47/38

46/37

50.7

89 19/6

15 13/12

2000

2001

42/32

46/33

47/35

55/39

66/45

66/50

71/52

73/55

63/49

62/50

52/40

45/31

49.9

85 30/7

23 18/1

2001

2002

47/37

50/39

54/39

60/40

61/46

67/51

70/52

70/55

65/49

55/43

51/43

44/37

51.1

83 30/7

20 2/1

2002

2003

46/35

44/34

56/36

61/39

61/45

72/53

66/51

71/54

65/49

56/41

52/41

43/32

50.1

91 10/8

23 6/1

2003

2004

46/36

48/37

51/38

57/41

63/46

70/51

67/53

72/57

67/52

58/46

52/42

48/37

51.4

86 9/8

23 1/3

2004

2005

48/38

47/35

53/41

57/41

62/45

70/54

71/54

71/53

66/49

62/51

50/37

46/36

51.5

85 13/7

21 29/12

2005

2006

45/35

47/35

57/41

64/45

71/52

82/56

67/54

70/53

61/49

53/41

47/39

51.8

94 20/7

18 3/3

2006

2007

50/39

49/38

55/38

62/43

64/46

68/52

65/53

69/52

64/47

59/45

52/38

46/36

51.2

82 6/8

22 7/2

2007

2008

50/39

50/34

51/36

55/39

66/47

66/48

69/55

68/56

63/49

56/43

49/40

43/33

50.2

82 29/7

21 18/2

2008

2009

42/33

44/36

52/38

61/42

65/47

70/49

71/54

71/55

66/50

60/46

52/41

42/32

50.8

88 2/7

19 6/1

2009

2010

38/28

42/29

53/35

60/38

59/40

71/49

71/55

68/52

66/49

58/43

47/35

35/23

47.6

83 28/6

5 8/1

2010

2011

43/33

49/38

53/36

65/42

66/46

67/47

71/51

70/53

68/52

61/48

54/43

47/38

51.3

84 28/6

20 23/1

2011

Average

45/35

52/37

58/40

63/45

69/51

70/53

70/54

66/50

59/46

51/40

44/34

50.6

2000-10

* The yearly figure is an average of all monthly figures, both maximum and minimum

Red type indicates the warmest month in the year

Blue type indicates coldest month in the year

Conversion to Celsius

Fahr’t

Cenlsius

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-6

-4

-1

RHD 3/1/12

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