Climate
At 1,000 feet (300 m) above sea level, Buxton is the highest market town in England. Alston, Cumbria also makes this claim (but lacks a regular market). Due to this relatively high elevation Buxton, tends to be cooler than surrounding towns, with daytime temperature typically being around 2°C lower than Manchester, for instance. A Met Office weather station has collected climate date for the town since 1908, with digitized data from 1959 available online. In June 1975 the town was hit by a freak snowstorm stopping play during a game of cricket.
| Climate data for Buxton 307m asl, 1971-2000, Extremes 1959- | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 13.0 (55.4) |
15.3 (59.5) |
20.0 (68.0) |
23.9 (75.0) |
25.2 (77.4) |
29.0 (84.2) |
31.0 (87.8) |
32.7 (90.9) |
25.5 (77.9) |
21.1 (70.0) |
15.7 (60.3) |
12.8 (55.0) |
32.7 (90.9) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 4.9 (40.8) |
5.0 (41.0) |
7.4 (45.3) |
9.9 (49.8) |
13.8 (56.8) |
16.4 (61.5) |
18.6 (65.5) |
18.1 (64.6) |
14.9 (58.8) |
11.0 (51.8) |
7.4 (45.3) |
5.7 (42.3) |
11.09 (51.97) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −0.1 (31.8) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
1.4 (34.5) |
2.8 (37.0) |
5.5 (41.9) |
8.6 (47.5) |
10.7 (51.3) |
10.4 (50.7) |
8.3 (46.9) |
5.3 (41.5) |
2.3 (36.1) |
0.8 (33.4) |
4.66 (40.38) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.4 (6.1) |
−13.3 (8.1) |
−11.1 (12.0) |
−8 (18) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
2.2 (36.0) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−14 (7) |
−14.4 (6.1) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 139.15 (5.4783) |
100.97 (3.9752) |
119.48 (4.7039) |
84.64 (3.3323) |
73.75 (2.9035) |
90.3 (3.555) |
76.66 (3.0181) |
93.29 (3.6728) |
101.87 (4.0106) |
137.88 (5.4283) |
135.83 (5.3476) |
145.91 (5.7445) |
1,299.73 (51.1705) |
| Source: Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute/KNMI | |||||||||||||
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