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class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hillsborough_Castle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Hillsborough_Castle.jpg/240px-Hillsborough_Castle.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Hillsborough_Castle.jpg/360px-Hillsborough_Castle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Hillsborough_Castle.jpg/480px-Hillsborough_Castle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="479" /></a></span><div><a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_Castle" title="Hillsborough Castle">Hillsborough Castle</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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title="Lisburn and Castlereagh District Council">Lisburn and Castlereagh</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Counties of Northern Ireland">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/County_Down" title="County Down">County Down</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="country-name"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">Post town</a></th><td class="infobox-data">HILLSBOROUGH</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">Postcode district</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/BT_postcode_area" title="BT postcode area">BT26</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">028</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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.geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Royal_Hillsborough&params=54.462_N_6.083_W_region:GB_type:city(3952)"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">54°27′43″N</span> <span class="longitude">6°04′59″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">54.462°N 6.083°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">54.462; -6.083</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hillsborough_Market_House.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Hillsborough_Market_House.jpg/250px-Hillsborough_Market_House.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Hillsborough_Market_House.jpg/375px-Hillsborough_Market_House.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Hillsborough_Market_House.jpg/500px-Hillsborough_Market_House.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2680" data-file-height="1744" /></a><figcaption>Former Market House – the Court House and Tourist Information Office</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Royal Hillsborough</b> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i>Cromghlinn</i>, meaning 'Crooked Glen'<sup id="cite_ref-McKay_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McKay-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), more commonly known simply as <b>Hillsborough</b>, is a village and <a href="/wiki/Civil_parishes_in_Ireland" title="Civil parishes in Ireland">civil parish</a> in <a href="/wiki/County_Down" title="County Down">County Down</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, 19 km (12 mi) from the city of <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>. It is within the <a href="/wiki/Lisburn_and_Castlereagh_District_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Lisburn and Castlereagh District Council">Lisburn and Castlereagh District Council</a> area. The village is noted for its <a href="/wiki/Georgian_architecture" title="Georgian architecture">Georgian architecture</a>. It is home to <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_Castle" title="Hillsborough Castle">Hillsborough Castle</a>, the <a href="/wiki/British_royal_family" title="British royal family">British royal family</a>'s official residence in Northern Ireland, and residence of the British <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Secretary of State for Northern Ireland">Secretary of State for Northern Ireland</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <p>Before 1661, the <a href="/wiki/Townland" title="Townland">townland</a> was known as <i>Crumlin</i> or <i>Cromlin</i> (from <a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a> <i> Cromghlinn</i> 'crooked <a href="/wiki/Glen" title="Glen">glen</a>').<sup id="cite_ref-McKay_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McKay-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1661, during the <a href="/wiki/Plantation_of_Ulster" title="Plantation of Ulster">Plantation of Ulster</a>, the townland and the settlement within it had been renamed <i>Hillsborough</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-PNI_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PNI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was named after English army officer <a href="/wiki/Moyses_Hill" title="Moyses Hill">Sir Moses Hill</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-PNI_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PNI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and his son Sir Arthur Hill, who built Hillsborough Fort in 1650 to command the road from <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a> to <a href="/wiki/Carrickfergus" title="Carrickfergus">Carrickfergus</a>. The Hill family became the <a href="/wiki/Earl" title="Earl">Earls</a> of Hillsborough, then <a href="/wiki/Marquess_of_Downshire" title="Marquess of Downshire">Marquesses of Downshire</a>. </p><p>The mansion known as <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_Castle" title="Hillsborough Castle">Hillsborough Castle</a> was built in 1770 for <a href="/wiki/Wills_Hill,_1st_Marquess_of_Downshire" title="Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire">The 1st Earl of Hillsborough</a> (he was later created The 1st <a href="/wiki/Marquess_of_Downshire" title="Marquess of Downshire">Marquess of Downshire</a>, in 1789).<sup id="cite_ref-PNI_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PNI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A prominent memorial to <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Hill,_3rd_Marquess_of_Downshire" title="Arthur Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire">The 3rd Marquess of Downshire</a> (1788–1845)—closely resembling <a href="/wiki/Nelson%27s_Column" title="Nelson's Column">Nelson's Column</a> in <a href="/wiki/Trafalgar_Square" title="Trafalgar Square">Trafalgar Square</a>, London—stands to the south of the village and is visible throughout much of the surrounding area. </p><p>In 2007, Hillsborough won 3rd place in the annual Ulster in Bloom competition in the large village category.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, it was announced that <a href="/wiki/Letters_patent" title="Letters patent">letters patent</a> would be issued granting the village <a href="/wiki/List_of_place_names_with_royal_patronage_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="List of place names with royal patronage in the United Kingdom">the prefix "Royal"</a>, thus officially becoming "Royal Hillsborough", in recognition of Hillsborough Castle, the official <a href="/wiki/List_of_British_royal_residences" title="List of British royal residences">royal residence</a> for Northern Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-HillsboroughBBC_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HillsboroughBBC-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Letters Patent came into effect on 20 October that year.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2></div> <p>Hillsborough was within Lisburn City Council until 1 April 2015, when it formed part of the new <a href="/wiki/Lisburn_and_Castlereagh_District_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Lisburn and Castlereagh District Council">Lisburn and Castlereagh District Council</a>. Royal Hillsborough is located within the Westminster constituency of <a href="/wiki/Lagan_Valley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lagan Valley (UK Parliament constituency)">Lagan Valley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Northern Ireland Assembly</a> constituency of <a href="/wiki/Lagan_Valley_(Assembly_constituency)" title="Lagan Valley (Assembly constituency)">Lagan Valley</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demography">Demography</h2></div> <p>On Census day (27 March 2011) there were 3,952 people living in Hillsborough and Culcavy.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2011_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of these: </p> <ul><li>17.1% were aged under 16 years and 20.6% were aged 65 and over</li> <li>48.4% of the population were male and 51.6% were female</li> <li>81.6% were from a <a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a> or other Christian background, and 9.8% were from a <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> background</li> <li>3.1% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places_of_interest">Places of interest</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_Castle" title="Hillsborough Castle">Hillsborough Castle</a> is a two-storey Georgian mansion, and served as <a href="/wiki/Government_House" title="Government House">Government House</a> from 1924 until 1973. It remains the <a href="/wiki/Official_residence" title="Official residence">official residence</a> of <a href="/wiki/King_Charles_III" class="mw-redirect" title="King Charles III">King Charles III</a> (and other <a href="/wiki/Royal_Family_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Family of the United Kingdom">Royal Family</a> members) when visiting Northern Ireland. It has also been the official residence of the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Secretary of State for Northern Ireland">Secretary of State for Northern Ireland</a> since 1973. Hillsborough Castle was the venue for the signing of the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Irish_Agreement" title="Anglo-Irish Agreement">Anglo-Irish Agreement</a> in 1985. Former Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a> stayed at the castle on many occasions during negotiations related to the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_peace_process" title="Northern Ireland peace process">peace process</a>, and he hosted <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> at the castle for a one night visit in 2003.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hillsborough_Fort&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hillsborough Fort (page does not exist)">Hillsborough Fort</a></li> <li>Hillsborough Forest Park and Lake forms the picturesque setting for the original fort residence of <a href="/wiki/Lord_Hillsborough" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Hillsborough">Lord Hillsborough</a>.</li> <li>Hillsborough hosts an International Oyster Festival each year, usually in September. This attracts thousands of visitors. The festivities include boat racing, parachuting, garden fêtes, oyster eating and <a href="/wiki/Guinness" title="Guinness">Guinness</a> drinking.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hillsborough,_St._Malachy%27s_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2508936.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Hillsborough%2C_St._Malachy%27s_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2508936.jpg/90px-Hillsborough%2C_St._Malachy%27s_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2508936.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Hillsborough%2C_St._Malachy%27s_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2508936.jpg/135px-Hillsborough%2C_St._Malachy%27s_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2508936.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Hillsborough%2C_St._Malachy%27s_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2508936.jpg/180px-Hillsborough%2C_St._Malachy%27s_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2508936.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Hillsborough, St. Malachy's</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The historic Parish Church dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Saint_Malachy" title="Saint Malachy">Saint Malachy</a> is one of the finest examples of <a href="/wiki/Gothic_Revival_architecture" title="Gothic Revival architecture">Gothic Revival architecture</a>. It was built for <a href="/wiki/Wills_Hill,_1st_Marquess_of_Downshire" title="Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire">The 1st Earl of Hillsborough</a> between 1760 and 1774, in the hope that the church would become the cathedral of the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Ireland" title="Church of Ireland">Church of Ireland</a> Diocese of Down and Connor. In addition to its imposing setting, it boasts two 18th century organs,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a peal of ten bells and a number of works by notable craftsmen of the era, including the Colours of the County Down Battalion of <a href="/wiki/Edward_Carson" title="Edward Carson">Carson's</a> <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Volunteers" title="Ulster Volunteers">Ulster Volunteers</a>. Today it is a parish in the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Ireland" title="Church of Ireland">Church of Ireland</a> Diocese of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.downanddromore.org/">Down and Dromore</a>.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:4th_Marquis_of_Downshire.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/4th_Marquis_of_Downshire.jpg/180px-4th_Marquis_of_Downshire.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="340" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/4th_Marquis_of_Downshire.jpg/270px-4th_Marquis_of_Downshire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/4th_Marquis_of_Downshire.jpg/360px-4th_Marquis_of_Downshire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1560" data-file-height="2948" /></a><figcaption>Monument to <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Hill,_4th_Marquess_of_Downshire" title="Arthur Hill, 4th Marquess of Downshire">The 4th Marquess of Downshire</a>.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2></div> <ul><li>The composer and conductor <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Harty" title="Hamilton Harty">Sir Hamilton Harty</a> (1879–1941), whose father William Harty was organist in St. Malachy's Parish Church, was born in Hillsborough.</li> <li>Hillsborough was home to TV and radio presenter <a href="/wiki/Gloria_Hunniford" title="Gloria Hunniford">Gloria Hunniford</a> for a number of years. Her late daughter <a href="/wiki/Caron_Keating" title="Caron Keating">Caron Keating</a> spent much of her childhood in the village.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Pantridge" title="Frank Pantridge">Frank Pantridge</a> (1916–2004) was a physician and cardiologist born in Hillsborough, who invented the <a href="/wiki/Automated_external_defibrillator" title="Automated external defibrillator">portable defibrillator</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Lyons_(racing_driver)" title="Richard Lyons (racing driver)">Richard Lyons</a> (born 1979), racing driver and <a href="/wiki/Formula_Nippon" class="mw-redirect" title="Formula Nippon">Formula Nippon</a> champion</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Railways">Railways</h2></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_railway_station_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Hillsborough railway station (Northern Ireland)">Hillsborough railway station</a> was opened by the <a href="/wiki/Banbridge,_Lisburn_and_Belfast_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Banbridge, Lisburn and Belfast Railway">Banbridge, Lisburn and Belfast Railway</a> on 13 July 1863.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The line through the station was part of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(Ireland)" title="Great Northern Railway (Ireland)">Great Northern Railway (Ireland)</a>. The station closed on 30 April 1956 under the auspices of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Northern_Railway_Board&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Great Northern Railway Board (page does not exist)">Great Northern Railway Board</a>. Train services were replaced by bus services provided by the Ulster Transport Authority (UTA). No trace of the station now remains, as it was removed when the dual carriageway was built. It was situated where this crosses over the Culcavey Road. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2></div> <ul><li>In 2005 <a href="/wiki/Lisnagarvey_Hockey_Club" title="Lisnagarvey Hockey Club">Lisnagarvey Hockey Club</a> relocated from their <a href="/wiki/Sprucefield" title="Sprucefield">Blaris</a> ground to the outskirts of Hillsborough.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Downshire_Young_Men_F.C." title="Downshire Young Men F.C.">Downshire Young Men F.C.</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2></div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Hillsborough climate station (91m elevation) 1991–2020 averages </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.7<br />(58.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.8<br />(60.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.4<br />(66.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.8<br />(73.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.8<br />(74.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.1<br />(82.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.5<br />(85.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.4<br />(83.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.5<br />(76.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.1<br />(70.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.8<br />(60.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.5<br />(58.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">29.5<br />(85.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFEBD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.3<br />(45.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.8<br />(46.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4<br />(48.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFCD9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.7<br />(53.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.7<br />(58.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.1<br />(62.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.6<br />(65.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.3<br />(64.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFAE5D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.2<br />(61.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.8<br />(55.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7<br />(49.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7<br />(45.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">12.6<br />(54.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.0<br />(35.6) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.8<br />(35.2) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7<br />(36.9) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.2<br />(39.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5<br />(43.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.3<br />(48.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0<br />(51.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.9<br />(51.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFDEBE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2<br />(48.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.8<br />(44.2) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.1<br />(39.4) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.2<br />(36.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFF5EB; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">5.9<br />(42.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #A4A4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−12.2<br />(10.0) </td> <td style="background: #BCBCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.8<br />(18.0) </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−10.0<br />(14.0) </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.9<br />(23.2) </td> <td style="background: #D4D4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.3<br />(26.1) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(32.0) </td> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.5<br />(36.5) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.8<br />(35.2) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.2<br />(29.8) </td> <td style="background: #CECEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.5<br />(23.9) </td> <td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.3<br />(17.1) </td> <td style="background: #A8A8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−11.5<br />(11.3) </td> <td style="background: #A4A4FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−12.2<br />(10.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #8181FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.9<br />(3.30) </td> <td style="background: #9494FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.3<br />(2.57) </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.5<br />(2.62) </td> <td style="background: #A6A6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.6<br />(2.27) </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.0<br />(2.36) </td> <td style="background: #9393FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.7<br />(2.74) </td> <td style="background: #8686FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.1<br />(3.19) </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.2<br />(3.28) </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.4<br />(2.85) </td> <td style="background: #7676FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.9<br />(3.62) </td> <td style="background: #6767FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">98.6<br />(3.88) </td> <td style="background: #7C7CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.4<br />(3.44) </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">917.5<br />(36.12) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #4D4DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.4 </td> <td style="background: #5050FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.9 </td> <td style="background: #6161FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.8 </td> <td style="background: #6C6CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.5 </td> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6 </td> <td style="background: #6868FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.8 </td> <td style="background: #5E5EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.0 </td> <td style="background: #5C5CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.2 </td> <td style="background: #6666FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.0 </td> <td style="background: #5454FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.8 </td> <td style="background: #3E3EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.1 </td> <td style="background: #4848FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.8 </td> <td style="background: #5A5AFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">157.0 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #515151; 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