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This is the current conditions weather report for Manchester. The report was made 77 minutes ago, at 06:53 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 7 miles per hour / 11.1 kilometers per hour from the west (280°). The temperature was 36°F / 2°C, with a dew-point at 36°F / 2°C. The temperature felt like 30°F / -1°C. The atmospheric pressure was 29.85 inHg / 1012 hPa. The relative humidity was 44%. The skies were clear.

Manchester is the largest city in the U.S. state of New Hampshire and the largest city of northern New England, an area composed of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. It is in Hillsborough County on the banks of the Merrimack River. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 107,007, and in 2005 the New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning estimated the population to be nearly 110,000. Manchester is the center of the Manchester, NH, New England City and Town Metropolitan Area (NECTA MA), with a population in 2000 of 176,663, and is near the northern end of the BosWash megalopolis.

Colleges and Universities:
University of New Hampshire at Manchester
Southern New Hampshire University (mostly located within the adjacent town of Hooksett)
New Hampshire Community Technical Colleges
Hesser College
Saint Anselm College (mostly located within the adjacent town of Goffstown)
Springfield College School of Human Services
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
North Eastern Institute of Whole Health
New Hampshire Institute of Art

Manchester has a thriving downtown area, with more restaurants and stores being established all the time.

City Hall Plaza, northern New England's tallest building, is located in downtown Manchester. Other notable downtown buildings include the New Hampshire headquarters of Citizens Bank and Bank of America.

The Verizon Wireless Arena has become the centerpiece of downtown Manchester. It is a 10,000 seat arena for concerts and sporting events. The Verizon is also home to the Manchester Monarchs, the local AHL affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings. The Merchantsauto.com Stadium (formerly Fisher Cats Park) is a baseball park located on the Merrimack River in downtown Manchester and is home to the local AA baseball affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats.

Cultural landmarks include the Palace Theater, home to the New Hampshire Symphony and the Opera League of New Hampshire, the Currier Museum of Art, the New Hampshire Institute of Art, the Manchester Historic Association Millyard Museum, the Massabesic Audubon Center, the Amoskeag Fishways Learning and Visitors Center, the Lawrence L. Lee Scouting Museum and Max I. Silber Library, and the SEE Science Center. Valley Cemetery, since 1841 the resting place of numerous prominent citizens, is an early example of a garden style burial ground.

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