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The coronation of Elizabeth II

2 June 1953 · London, United Kingdom

The coronation of Elizabeth II: Ventane

Elizabeth II was crowned at Westminster Abbey on a famously cold, wet June day. The real weather of London that day.

The weather that day

  • 6.3 to 11.6 °C, rain, 3.3 mm of rain.
  • A northwest wind, 25 km/h on average, and pressure from 1004 to 1002 hPa.

The sky

  • Sunrise at 04:48, sunset at 21:09.
  • The moon: waning gibbous, 75% lit.

Its name

Ventane: Wind from the northwest, and a day of steady rain, under a waning gibbous moon.

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Weather: ERA5 reanalysis, Copernicus Climate Change Service. Not made by AI.