Becoming increasingly humid with warm nights, but Oldham is facing a fresher outlook
Date published: 22 June 2023
A lightly cloudy scene looking across Oldham Edge this lunchtime (Thursday)
Despite the heatwave ending it’s stayed quite humid at times and temperatures in Oldham have remained into the 20s with some very warm sunny spells.
However, importantly, we’ve had some welcome rainfall, with some areas seeing up to two inches from the torrential thundery downpours.
One particularly notable thunderstorm pushed through the region during the early hours of Sunday morning, which produced some superb thunderbolts.
Here's the latest weekly forecast from Oldham weather expert, Jon Baylis.
Today (Thursday): A cloudy start then some very warm sunny spells will break through.
Clouds will bubble up and there will be a thundery shower or two, more so in eastern parts.
Temperatures up a notch on Wednesday.
Warm night ahead. Max 24°C Min 16°C.
Friday: We introduce some moisture on Friday as a weather-front, albeit weakening, comes in from the west.
So a mostly cloudy day after a bright start.
Some light rain possible, but most look dry, a little breezy and we ramp up the humidity.
A very muggy night to come despite the day being cooler on the thermometer.
Max 22°C Min 17°C.
Weekend: Very warm & humid. Thundery Sunday afternoon?
Saturday: A cloudy start is expected but cloud should break and sunny spells appear from the south.
Temperatures will rocket and it will feel very warm to hot.
There will be a refreshing and often gusty wind.
Another uncomfortable night for sleeping.
Max 25°C Min 17°C.
Sunday: Breezy but a mostly sunny morning.
Cloud is expected to increase into the afternoon with showers breaking out as another weather-front comes in from the west.
A bit more of a kick to this one, so some lively showers/thunderstorms could be on the cards.
A little cooler, eventually.
Max 23°C Min 14°C.
Outlook: High pressure to our south-west and low pressure to our north-west looks the likely set-up meaning we will pick up a westerly airflow, perhaps north-westerly at times, allowing maximum temperatures to slip away to around 20°C.
Winds will be quite gusty.
Bright or sunny spells expected as well as a few showers, which could be beefy.
More prolonged spells of rain are possible later in the week as the Jet Stream takes control of our weather.
Thankfully it won’t be anywhere near as muggy, which will be especially noticeable at night.
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