Comments on: New feature: Ask about Manchester http://www.mancubist.co.uk/2007/02/02/new-feature-ask-about-manchester Culture, arts, media and life in the rainy city Mon, 26 Sep 2011 01:12:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nik http://www.mancubist.co.uk/2007/02/02/new-feature-ask-about-manchester/comment-page-1#comment-2054 Nik Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:07:05 +0000 http://www.mancubist.co.uk/2007/02/02/new-feature-ask-about-manchester#comment-2054 That fog sure was weird! Could hardly see 20m from my flat to the next building! As someone who's moved to Manchester from, er, Hampshire (sorry!) I can safely say that Manchester has disappointed me with how little rain I've actually experienced. Last summers heatwave really suprised me, but am looking forward to a repeat this year!! That fog sure was weird! Could hardly see 20m from my flat to the next building!

As someone who’s moved to Manchester from, er, Hampshire (sorry!) I can safely say that Manchester has disappointed me with how little rain I’ve actually experienced. Last summers heatwave really suprised me, but am looking forward to a repeat this year!!

]]> By: Lewis http://www.mancubist.co.uk/2007/02/02/new-feature-ask-about-manchester/comment-page-1#comment-1912 Lewis Sun, 04 Feb 2007 15:45:05 +0000 http://www.mancubist.co.uk/2007/02/02/new-feature-ask-about-manchester#comment-1912 Ah yes I remember the earth tremors in October 2002. Yesterday we had thick fog and today the Sun is bright and the sky is blue. Ah yes I remember the earth tremors in October 2002. Yesterday we had thick fog and today the Sun is bright and the sky is blue.

]]> By: Mancubist http://www.mancubist.co.uk/2007/02/02/new-feature-ask-about-manchester/comment-page-1#comment-1854 Mancubist Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:03:26 +0000 http://www.mancubist.co.uk/2007/02/02/new-feature-ask-about-manchester#comment-1854 Hah! Thanks for butting in... saves me the effort. This fog today's pretty weird. Anyway, the Ask page is broken at the moment. Please ask here while I work out how to fix it. Mike's already been in touch: 'What happened to the sandstone-carved Manchester coat-of-arms that was attached to the bottom end of The Arndale (opposite Maxwell House, where Big Next currently lives), but vanished shortly after The Bomb went off?' Hah! Thanks for butting in… saves me the effort. This fog today’s pretty weird.

Anyway, the Ask page is broken at the moment. Please ask here while I work out how to fix it. Mike’s already been in touch:

‘What happened to the sandstone-carved Manchester coat-of-arms that was attached to the bottom end of The Arndale (opposite Maxwell House, where Big Next currently lives), but vanished shortly after The Bomb went off?’

]]> By: Ciara http://www.mancubist.co.uk/2007/02/02/new-feature-ask-about-manchester/comment-page-1#comment-1849 Ciara Sat, 03 Feb 2007 11:35:36 +0000 http://www.mancubist.co.uk/2007/02/02/new-feature-ask-about-manchester#comment-1849 hi. excuse me Chris for butting in but like a total anorak i have this info to hand. Manchester gets a positively measly 809mm of rain per year - less than Glasgow, Plymouth and Cardiff. Ditto the average length of downpours (half-an-hour to four hours) which occur on an average of 180 days per year. Snow's pretty rare and temperatures don't often dip below freezing. Possibly the wierdest thing I can recall about our weather (stretching that description slightly) is the earthquake<a href="http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/EAE03/10286/EAE03-J-10286.pdf" rel="nofollow">'swarm'</a> of 2002. A surreal couple of weeks indeed. hi. excuse me Chris for butting in but like a total anorak i have this info to hand.
Manchester gets a positively measly 809mm of rain per year – less than Glasgow, Plymouth and Cardiff.
Ditto the average length of downpours (half-an-hour to four hours) which occur on an average of 180 days per year. Snow’s pretty rare and temperatures don’t often dip below freezing. Possibly the wierdest thing I can recall about our weather (stretching that description slightly) is the earthquake’swarm’ of 2002. A surreal couple of weeks indeed.

]]> By: Lewis http://www.mancubist.co.uk/2007/02/02/new-feature-ask-about-manchester/comment-page-1#comment-1830 Lewis Sat, 03 Feb 2007 00:33:21 +0000 http://www.mancubist.co.uk/2007/02/02/new-feature-ask-about-manchester#comment-1830 How frequently and much does it rain in Manchester? Is it really as much of a rainy city as we think? How frequently and much does it rain in Manchester? Is it really as much of a rainy city as we think?

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