Greater Manchester weather: Region set for warmer and wetter days as Coronation weekend approaches

Greater Manchester is in for a week of warm and wet days as the city-region heads towards the Coronation bank holiday weekend.

After last week’s downpours, which saw Market Street temporarily flood on Saturday, it looks like we’ll have patches of wet weather but also higher temperatures. The Met Office is forecasting Saturday (May 6) to be the nicest day, when the mercury will hit 17C.

The low that day will be 11C with the same minimum and maximum temperatures seen on Sunday, albeit with a rain-soaked afternoon.

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While that means the day of King Charles III’s coronation will be dry, it appears as if the other two days of the bank holiday will be wet. Monday (May 8) will see plenty of rain, according to the forecast released today (May 2).

Before the big weekend, our area is in for warm days. It will hit 17C tomorrow, and 16C on Thursday (May 4).

Both of those days see a high pollen count, though, so hayfever sufferers are advised to take some precautions. The pollen count will fall on Friday (May 5), to medium.

That’s in part down to the fact that we’ll get a dousing of rain on Thursday night, which extends into Friday. The Met Office believes this precipitation will just be ‘light showers’, however.

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