Thornton (Lancashire) weather

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    7 day forecast for Thornton

    Today (28 August 2026)
    Time
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    10%
    Temperature
    18°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    17°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    Wind direction and speed
    W
    14
    W
    14
    W
    13
    W
    13
    W
    13
    W
    11
    Wind gust (mph)
    23
    23
    23
    23
    21
    20
    Visibility
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    84%
    85%
    86%
    87%
    87%
    89%
    UV 1 1 1 - - -
    Saturday (29 August 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Cloudy Overcast Cloudy Mist Cloudy Cloudy Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Light rain Light rain
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    30%
    40%
    40%
    70%
    80%
    90%
    90%
    90%
    90%
    ≥95%
    90%
    90%
    90%
    90%
    90%
    80%
    70%
    Temperature (°C)
    17°
    17°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    17°
    17°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    17°
    17°
    17°
    17°
    17°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    17°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    19°
    18°
    18°
    19°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    17°
    17°
    17°
    17°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    W
    10
    W
    8
    W
    6
    W
    5
    WSW
    4
    SW
    4
    SSW
    4
    SSW
    4
    SSW
    4
    S
    4
    S
    5
    SSE
    6
    SSE
    6
    SE
    5
    SE
    6
    ESE
    6
    ESE
    5
    NE
    5
    NNE
    5
    N
    5
    N
    5
    NNW
    6
    NNW
    5
    NNW
    5
    Wind gust (mph)
    17
    16
    15
    15
    16
    15
    13
    12
    11
    12
    12
    13
    12
    13
    12
    12
    12
    12
    13
    13
    13
    14
    14
    12
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    M
    M
    M
    M
    P
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    Humidity
    90%
    91%
    92%
    92%
    93%
    93%
    93%
    93%
    91%
    87%
    86%
    85%
    85%
    84%
    86%
    86%
    86%
    88%
    92%
    92%
    94%
    95%
    95%
    95%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Sunday (30 August 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Light rain Light shower night Light shower night Mist Cloudy Light shower night Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Light shower day Heavy shower day Heavy shower day Heavy shower day Heavy shower day Heavy shower day Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy shower night Light shower night Light shower night
    Chance of precipitation
    60%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    60%
    50%
    50%
    30%
    40%
    60%
    70%
    90%
    90%
    ≥95%
    90%
    90%
    90%
    80%
    70%
    70%
    Temperature (°C)
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    17°
    17°
    18°
    18°
    19°
    19°
    19°
    19°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    17°
    17°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    17°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    17°
    17°
    18°
    19°
    19°
    19°
    18°
    18°
    17°
    17°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    15°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NNW
    4
    NW
    4
    NW
    5
    WNW
    5
    WSW
    5
    SW
    5
    SSW
    5
    SW
    6
    SSW
    7
    SSW
    8
    SSW
    9
    SSW
    9
    SW
    9
    SW
    8
    SW
    7
    SW
    6
    SW
    6
    S
    6
    SSE
    7
    SE
    7
    SE
    7
    SSE
    7
    SSE
    8
    SSE
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    11
    11
    11
    13
    13
    13
    13
    15
    16
    18
    18
    18
    17
    15
    13
    13
    15
    15
    15
    19
    19
    20
    20
    19
    Visibility (description)
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    G
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    Humidity
    95%
    95%
    94%
    95%
    95%
    95%
    94%
    94%
    92%
    91%
    87%
    84%
    78%
    75%
    74%
    75%
    78%
    85%
    86%
    89%
    92%
    93%
    93%
    93%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 2 3 3 5 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Monday (31 August 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Heavy shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    60%
    70%
    70%
    70%
    70%
    60%
    50%
    50%
    70%
    70%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    15°
    16°
    16°
    17°
    17°
    17°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    17°
    17°
    17°
    17°
    17°
    16°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    8
    S
    8
    S
    8
    SSW
    9
    SW
    9
    WSW
    9
    WSW
    9
    W
    10
    W
    11
    W
    14
    WNW
    16
    WNW
    17
    WNW
    17
    WNW
    18
    WNW
    18
    W
    18
    WNW
    18
    W
    17
    W
    16
    W
    16
    W
    15
    W
    15
    W
    15
    W
    14
    Wind gust (mph)
    18
    19
    19
    19
    20
    21
    22
    23
    25
    26
    29
    31
    32
    32
    32
    32
    31
    30
    29
    27
    27
    27
    27
    26
    Visibility (description)
    M
    M
    M
    M
    G
    M
    M
    M
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    92%
    92%
    93%
    93%
    90%
    88%
    88%
    88%
    86%
    85%
    84%
    82%
    81%
    77%
    73%
    74%
    70%
    69%
    68%
    68%
    68%
    69%
    71%
    72%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Tuesday (1 September 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Cloudy Partly cloudy night Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Light shower day Light shower day Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    Temperature (°C)
    16°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    16°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    16°
    16°
    17°
    17°
    17°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    17°
    17°
    17°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    14°
    13°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    W
    14
    W
    14
    W
    13
    WSW
    13
    WSW
    13
    WSW
    13
    WSW
    11
    WSW
    13
    WSW
    13
    SW
    15
    SW
    16
    WSW
    16
    SW
    15
    WSW
    16
    WSW
    16
    WSW
    16
    WSW
    15
    WSW
    14
    WSW
    13
    WSW
    13
    WSW
    11
    WSW
    11
    WSW
    11
    WSW
    11
    Wind gust (mph)
    25
    25
    24
    24
    23
    25
    25
    25
    26
    26
    27
    27
    28
    28
    28
    28
    26
    25
    25
    24
    24
    23
    23
    22
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    G
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    G
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    73%
    72%
    73%
    75%
    76%
    77%
    79%
    79%
    78%
    78%
    76%
    75%
    75%
    74%
    73%
    74%
    74%
    73%
    75%
    76%
    77%
    81%
    82%
    83%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Wednesday (2 September 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Light shower night Light shower night Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Cloudy Partly cloudy night Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    40%
    Temperature (°C)
    16°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    16°
    17°
    18°
    17°
    16°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    14°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WSW
    11
    WSW
    11
    WSW
    10
    WSW
    11
    WSW
    14
    W
    13
    W
    15
    W
    13
    W
    13
    Wind gust (mph)
    20
    20
    22
    23
    25
    26
    26
    23
    22
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    M
    M
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    84%
    85%
    88%
    89%
    82%
    73%
    71%
    75%
    78%
    UV - - - 1 3 4 2 1 -
    Thursday (3 September 2026)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    50%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    40%
    40%
    Temperature (°C)
    16°
    15°
    15°
    17°
    17°
    18°
    17°
    16°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    14°
    14°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    W
    13
    W
    11
    W
    14
    WSW
    15
    WSW
    16
    WSW
    16
    WSW
    14
    WSW
    15
    Wind gust (mph)
    24
    24
    26
    27
    26
    24
    22
    22
    Visibility (description)
    M
    M
    M
    M
    G
    G
    G
    M
    Humidity
    83%
    85%
    85%
    77%
    74%
    73%
    79%
    84%
    UV - - 1 2 4 2 1 -

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    Headline:

    Unsettled with rain or showers over the coming days.

    This Evening and Tonight:

    Any showers this evening fading to give a largely dry night with clear spells across the region, chance of an occasional shower across parts of Cumbria though. Staying fairly warm and muggy still. Minimum temperature 13 °C.

    Saturday:

    A dry and bright start, but turning increasing cloudy from mid-morning with outbreaks of heavy rain reaching the region and persisting during much of the day. Temperatures around average. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

    Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

    Unsettled throughout with showers, these locally heavy and with thundery. Staying warm to start with but turning fresher as winds shift to a westerly. Breezy at times.

    Updated:

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