The UK will get hotter and drier for plants… except in Manchester

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/29/the-uk-will-get-hotter-and-drier-for-plants-except-in-manchester

Posted by JRD656

10 Comments

  1. Although I’ve always been led to believe Manchester is one of the rainiest parts of the UK.

    Im pretty sure people used to wear clogs there like. In NL…. That’s not a joke just to confirm.

  2. bateau_du_gateau on

    Also the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2004/feb/22/usnews.theobserver

    Make up your minds, lads

  3. > Greater Manchester’s renown as a rain trap – there is even a website tracking rainfall, called Rainchester – means that the RHS Bridgewater garden in Salford is being earmarked for species that thrive in a cooler, wetter climate.

    Won’t this be like a bathtub and be prone to floodings?

  4. Every time I’ve been to Manchester it’s rained. One time I went with a friend who claimed it _never_ rained on him in Manchester. The joke was he left some hours before I did and it started raining immediately his train pulled out.