Copley topographic map

Name: Copley topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Copley, County Durham, North East, England, DL13 5LS, United Kingdom (54.60321 -1.88799 54.64321 -1.84799)

Average elevation: 261 m

Minimum elevation: 183 m

Maximum elevation: 358 m

Copley has its own weather station run by the Met Office and Environment Agency. Because of its elevation above sea-level, around the 1,000 ft contour, and position in the north-east, this station is often one of the coldest in England with high incidences of ground frosts and snowfalls. Copley is in a relatively dry and sunny rain-shadow area in the shelter of the higher Pennines to the west. The same higher Pennines can create a local gusty effect if the wind blows from the west-south-west. This is called the Pennine Lee Wave and can appear suddenly and disappear just as quickly.

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