Overton, Derbyshire Weather
About Overton, Derbyshire
Overton commands a quiet authority over the rolling topography of the Amber Valley, where the light often catches the limestone edges of the terrain with a pale, silver clarity. It lies 2.9 miles west-south-west of Clay Cross (from Clay Cross: bearing 256°T, OS grid SK 345 622), and is situated south of Ashover village. The geological character of the landscape is defined by its proximity to the Fall Hill Quarry, where the earth reveals its ancient, fractured strata to the open sky. Overton maintains a stoic relationship with the weather, as winds sweep across the high ground from Blakelow Hill to sharpen the air and clear the horizon. Stone walls trace the boundaries of the fields like veins across a weathered hand, marking out a rhythm of land that has remained largely unchanged by the frantic pace of the modern world. One finds that the silence here is not an absence of sound, but a heavy, deliberate presence that settles over the meadows after the sun dips behind the western ridges. Residents of Overton watch the seasons shift through the subtle deepening of the valley greens and the way the morning mist clings to the low-lying hollows. It remains a place where the physical geography dictates the slow, measured pace of daily life, undisturbed by the clamour of larger, more restless districts.
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About This Overton, Derbyshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Overton, Derbyshire, 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 Overton includes coordinates 53.155842, -1.484289, in the county of Derbyshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Overton is available on the Overton map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Derbyshire 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.