Now! Then! 2025! - Yorkshire On This Day

A Yorkshire Almanac Comprising 365 Historical Extracts, Red-letter Days and Customs, and Astronomical and Meteorological Data

« Yorkshire today, Friday 4 April 2025 »

Then!

Yorkshire in history:

Proverbially:

Dean’t o’ Friday buy your ring,
O’ Friday dean’t put t’ spurrins [banns] in;
Dean’t wed o’ Friday. Think on o’ this,
Nowther blue nor green mun match her driss.
(Moorman 1916)

Now!

Hull, on earth and in heaven:

  • Tonight: clear sky, temperature 6°C (42°F), wind north easterly 7mph, visibility good, pressure 1023mb, humidity 94%, UV risk 0/11, pollution low
  • Sun: 06:24-19:44, zenith 13:04
  • Moon: set 03:32 rise 09:25, waxing crescent
  • Tides (King George Dock): low 05:05 (1.65m), high 10:57 (6.55m), low 17:33 (1.75m), high 23:40 (6.38m)

BBC local news for Hull and East Yorkshire:

Leeds, on earth and in heaven:

  • Tonight: clear sky, temperature 5°C (41°F), wind northerly 7mph, visibility good, pressure 1024mb, humidity 91%, UV risk 0/11, pollution low
  • Water level in Meanwood Beck at Monk Bridge: 0.24m (within normal range, highest recorded level 1.93m on 6 May 2024) (EA)
  • Sun: 06:29-19:49, zenith 13:09
  • Moon: set 03:37 rise 09:29, waxing crescent

BBC local news for West Yorkshire:

Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:

  • Tonight: clear sky, temperature 5°C (41°F), wind north easterly 7mph, visibility good, pressure 1025mb, humidity 93%, UV risk 0/11, pollution low
  • Sun: 06:26-19:49, zenith 13:07
  • Moon: set 03:44 rise 09:20, waxing crescent
  • Tides (dock entrance): low 02:27 (1.46m), high 08:41 (4.79m), low 14:56 (1.42m), high 21:19 (4.72m)

BBC local news for Tees:

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