Rainowlow, Cheshire Weather
About Rainowlow, Cheshire
Rainowlow emerges from the rugged spine of the Cheshire hills as a quiet collection of stone dwellings defined by the shifting moods of the Pennine air. It lies 1.1 miles east-south-east of Bollington (from Bollington: bearing 107°T, OS grid SJ 954 772), and is situated north-north-east of Rainow village. To the east, the rounded mass of Big Low commands the horizon, casting long, bruised shadows over the pastures as the sun dips toward the horizon. The earth here holds the memory of ancient industry, its grit and mineral wealth having once tethered the people to the unforgiving slope. Below the hamlet, the verdant basin of Lima Clough channels the rain into deep, hidden veins that sustain the surrounding fields. Rainowlow maintains a stubborn independence, its buildings constructed from the local gritstone that seems to absorb the very light of the moorland sky. The silence of the higher ground is punctuated only by the sudden, restless movement of wind through the drystone walls. Each winter, the frost clings to the exposed rock, turning the landscape into a stark study of grey and slate. This high country demands a certain fortitude from its inhabitants, reflecting a history shaped by the persistent challenge of the elements.
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Live animated radar for Rainowlow and surroundings — RainViewer.
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About This Rainowlow, Cheshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rainowlow, 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 Rainowlow includes coordinates 53.291742, -2.069913, 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 Rainowlow is available on the Rainowlow 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.