Yorkshire the day after tomorrow, Wednesday 15 October 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 15 October 1645: Unable to distinguish Cavaliers from Roundheads, Lord Digby’s victorious Royalist army flees the battlefield at Sherburn in Elmet and is destroyed
- 15 October 1838: Apologies from “imprisoned” Huddersfield workers are read to the great Chartist rally on Peep Green (Hartshead Moor), accusing middle-class radicals of betrayal
- 15 October 1951: On the eve of the general election, a Times leader summarises the latest Rowntree report, which details startling reductions in absolute poverty in York under the welfare state
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Tonight: fog, temperature 10°C, wind northerly 2mph, visibility very poor, pressure 1031mb, relative humidity 99%, pollution low (BBC)
- Sun: 07:27-18:06, zenith 12:47
- Moon: set 16:29, waning crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Tonight: mist, temperature 10°C, wind westerly 3mph, visibility poor, pressure 1032mb, relative humidity 96%, pollution low (BBC)
- Sun: 07:32-18:11, zenith 12:51
- Moon: set 16:34, waning crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Tonight: mist, temperature 9°C, wind south westerly 2mph, visibility poor, pressure 1032mb, relative humidity 99%, pollution low (BBC)
- Sun: 07:32-18:08, zenith 12:50
- Moon: set 16:37, waning crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Tonight: mist, temperature 10°C, wind westerly 2mph, visibility moderate, pressure 1032mb, relative humidity 95%, pollution low (BBC)
- Sun: 07:31-18:11, zenith 12:51
- Moon: rise 00:02 set 16:32, waning crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Tonight: fog, temperature 9°C, wind north easterly 2mph, visibility very poor, pressure 1032mb, relative humidity 99%, pollution low (BBC)
- Sun: 07:30-18:09, zenith 12:50
- Moon: set 16:33, waning crescent
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