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England 4, West Germany 2: the 1966 World Cup final

30 July 1966 · 15:00 · London, United Kingdom

England 4, West Germany 2: the 1966 World Cup final: Pluvaure

At Wembley, England beat West Germany 4–2 after extra time to win the World Cup. The weather and the sky over London that afternoon.

The weather that day

  • 10.6 to 17.1 °C, rain, 3.3 mm of rain.
  • A west wind, 18 km/h on average, and pressure from 1008 to 1010 hPa.

The sky

  • Sunrise at 05:21, sunset at 20:53.
  • The moon: full moon, 97% lit.

Its name

Pluvaure: A day of steady rain, and wind from the west, under a full moon.

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