Hough, Cheshire Weather
About Hough, Cheshire
Hough keeps a quiet vigil over the undulating red sandstone ridges of the Cheshire landscape. It lies 1.8 miles south-south-east of Wilmslow (from Wilmslow: bearing 161°T, OS grid SJ 856 782), and is situated east of Alderley Edge village. Ancient earth and shadowed woodland define the character of Hough, where the light seems to catch the iron-rich soil in shades of burnt ochre and deep copper. The entire expanse of Hough falls within the Alderley Edge SSSI, preserving a terrain where gnarled roots and weather-worn rock formations suggest a world older than the human calendar. A short distance away, the craggy silhouette of Castle Rock offers a vantage point across the Cheshire Plain, looking out over fields that turn to silver in the evening mist. Footpaths wind through this geography of sandstone and sudden steepness, leading toward the stone-carved figure of The Wizard who keeps his silent watch over the subterranean secrets of the hill. Here, the air carries a crisp, mineral sharpness, and the silence is broken only by the rhythmic rustle of broad-leafed trees in the wind. Such a landscape demands a slower pace, inviting one to notice how the seasons shift the colour of the bracken and the clarity of the hidden springs.
Flight conditions near Hough. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Hough and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Hough, Cheshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hough, Cheshire, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Hough includes coordinates 53.301074, -2.217218, in the county of Cheshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Hough is available on the Hough map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Cheshire weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.