Houghall, County Durham Weather
About Houghall, County Durham
Houghall commands a quiet corner of the Wear valley, where the land holds the memory of industry beneath a mantle of perennial green. It lies 1.6 miles south-south-east of Durham (from Durham: bearing 158°T, OS grid NZ 278 403), and is situated west-south-west of Shincliffe village. The landscape here is defined by the steady, patient rise of Pinnock Hill, which offers a vantage point over fields that have long outlived the soot of the nearby Houghall Colliery. Time has softened the edges of those industrial ghosts, allowing the earth to reclaim the ruins where once the pulse of the county beat with the rhythm of coal. A short distance to the west, the Durham University Botanic Garden brings a curated elegance to the soil, its vibrant flora contrasting with the rugged, wilder stretches of the riverbanks. Houghall retains a stoic character, shaped by the convergence of agricultural tradition and the encroaching academic reach of its famous neighbour. Sunlight catches the moisture in the air as it drifts across the fields, lending the horizon a pale, silvered clarity that feels distinct to this particular bend in the river. Each season leaves a different mark upon the hedgerows, ensuring that Houghall remains a place of deliberate, quiet transition.
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About This Houghall, County Durham Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Houghall, County Durham, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Houghall includes coordinates 54.756983, -1.568231, in the county of County Durham, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Houghall is available on the Houghall map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the County Durham 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.