Editing Stoke-on-Trent (section)

===Climate===
Stoke-on-Trent, as with all of the United Kingdom, experiences a temperate [[maritime climate]], lacking in weather extremes. The local area is a little more elevated than much of Staffordshire and Cheshire, resulting in cooler temperatures year-round compared to the nearby Cheshire Plain. On calm, clear nights this is often reversed as cold air drainage causes a [[temperature inversion]] to occur. As such, the Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle areas are generally not susceptible to severe frosts. The nearest [[Met Office]] weather station is [[Keele University]], about four miles west of the city centre.

The absolute high temperature is {{convert|36.1|C|F}},<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://starlingsroost.ddns.net/weather/ukobs/maxtemp_map.php
|title=Maximum Temperatures observed on 19th July 2022 at 18Z (SYNOP)/21Z (Midas) UTC (263 reports).
|access-date=2 February 2023
}}</ref> recorded in July 2022. More typically the average warmest day of the year should be {{convert|27.0|C|F}}.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/calcdetail.php?seasonid=0&periodid=1971-2000&indexid=TXx&stationid=1854
|title=Annual average maximum
|access-date=1 March 2011
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507121628/http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/calcdetail.php?seasonid=0&periodid=1971-2000&indexid=TXx&stationid=1854
|archive-date=7 May 2012
|url-status=live
}}</ref> Just under fourteen days per year have a temperature of 25.1&nbsp;°C (77.2&nbsp;°F) or above.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/calcdetail.php?seasonid=0&periodid=1971-2000&indexid=SU&stationid=1854
|title=1971-00 &gt;25c days
|access-date=1 March 2011
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507121641/http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/calcdetail.php?seasonid=0&periodid=1971-2000&indexid=SU&stationid=1854
|archive-date=7 May 2012
|url-status=live
}}</ref>

The absolute minimum temperature stands at −13.3&nbsp;°C (8.1&nbsp;°F),<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/monitordetail.php?seasonid=7&year=1963&indexid=TNn&stationid=1854
|title=1963 minimum
|access-date=1 March 2011
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507121649/http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/monitordetail.php?seasonid=7&year=1963&indexid=TNn&stationid=1854
|archive-date=7 May 2012
|url-status=live
}}</ref> recorded in January 1963. In an average year, 48.3 air frosts are registered.

Rainfall averages around 806&nbsp;mm a year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/climate/gcqmkqe11|title=Keele climate information 1981-2010|publisher=Met Office|access-date=22 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016235810/http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/climate/gcqmkqe11|archive-date=16 October 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{Weather box|location = [[Keele University]],{{efn|Weather station is located {{convert|4.3|mi|1|abbr=out}} from the Stoke-on-Trent city centre.}} elevation: {{convert|178|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1960–present
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| metric first = y
| single line  = y
| Jan record high C = 13.3
| Feb record high C = 15.4
| Mar record high C = 20.6
| Apr record high C = 23.7
| May record high C = 25.9
| Jun record high C = 32.5
| Jul record high C = 36.1
| Aug record high C = 32.9
| Sep record high C = 26.5
| Oct record high C = 26.8
| Nov record high C = 17.3
| Dec record high C = 14.4
| Jan high C = 6.2
| Feb high C = 6.5
| Mar high C = 9.1
| Apr high C = 11.8
| May high C = 15.1
| Jun high C = 17.6
| Jul high C = 20.4
| Aug high C = 19.9
| Sep high C = 16.9
| Oct high C = 13.0
| Nov high C = 9.0
| Dec high C = 6.4
| year high C = 12.8
| Jan mean C = 3.7
| Feb mean C = 3.8
| Mar mean C = 5.9
| Apr mean C = 7.9
| May mean C = 11.0
| Jun mean C = 13.7
| Jul mean C = 16.0
| Aug mean C = 15.8
| Sep mean C = 13.3
| Oct mean C = 9.9
| Nov mean C = 6.4
| Dec mean C = 3.9
| year mean C = 9.3
| Jan low C = 1.1
| Feb low C = 0.5
| Mar low C = 2.6
| Apr low C = 4.0
| May low C = 6.9
| Jun low C = 9.6
| Jul low C = 11.9
| Aug low C = 11.6
| Sep low C = 9.7
| Oct low C = 6.8
| Nov low C = 3.7
| Dec low C = 1.9
| year low C = 5.9
| Jan record low C = -13.3
| Feb record low C = -11.0
| Mar record low C = -9.4
| Apr record low C = -4.7
| May record low C = -2.8
| Jun record low C = 1.4
| Jul record low C = 5.0
| Aug record low C = 4.6
| Sep record low C = 1.1
| Oct record low C = -2.5
| Nov record low C = -7.0
| Dec record low C = -12.5
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 67.9
| Feb precipitation mm = 48.3
| Mar precipitation mm = 58.0
| Apr precipitation mm = 58.5
| May precipitation mm = 62.7
| Jun precipitation mm = 67.3
| Jul precipitation mm = 62.1
| Aug precipitation mm = 75.4
| Sep precipitation mm = 69.1
| Oct precipitation mm = 82.7
| Nov precipitation mm = 76.7
| Dec precipitation mm = 77.4
| year precipitation mm = 806.1
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 13.2
| Feb precipitation days = 10.4
| Mar precipitation days = 13.0
| Apr precipitation days = 11.6
| May precipitation days = 10.8
| Jun precipitation days = 11.0
| Jul precipitation days = 11.3
| Aug precipitation days = 11.6
| Sep precipitation days = 10.6
| Oct precipitation days = 13.4
| Nov precipitation days = 13.5
| Dec precipitation days = 13.4
| year precipitation days = 143.6
| Jan sun = 52.6
| Feb sun = 71.7
| Mar sun = 100.4
| Apr sun = 143.9
| May sun = 182.0
| Jun sun = 159.4
| Jul sun = 178.5
| Aug sun = 167.1
| Sep sun = 123.4
| Oct sun = 100.2
| Nov sun = 58.1
| Dec sun = 45.5
| year sun = 1382.9
| source 1 = [[Met Office]]<ref name="Met Averages">{{cite web |url=https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-climate-averages/gcqmkqe11|title= Keele 1981–2010 averages |access-date=6 February 2020|publisher=Met Office}}</ref>
| source 2 = [[Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute|KNMI]]<ref>{{cite web| url = https://eca.knmi.nl//download/millennium/millennium.php| title = Indices Data - Keele 1854| access-date = 6 February 2020| publisher = [[KNMI (institute)|KNMI]]| archive-date = 9 July 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180709010608/https://eca.knmi.nl//download/millennium/millennium.php| url-status = dead}}</ref>

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