Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 12 min4:43 am – 9:55 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 20 min8:35 am – 3:55 pm
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ClimateWarmest month August: highs 17°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 3°C1,452 mm of rain a year, 51 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October17 days of air frost, 1 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Earthquakes17 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19702 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 28 Feb 201848 mi away, Cockermouth, CumbriaMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 10 Sep 202433 mi away, Irish SeaSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
SchoolsWithin 2 mi2 schools2 primaryPrimaryDhoon Primary Schoolages 4-111.7 miPrimaryLaxey Primary Schoolages 4-111.9 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportGeorge Best Belfast City Airport BHD66 miMajor airportBelfast International Airport BFS79 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the IM7 postcode district.
