Cottam, East Riding of Yorkshire Weather
About Cottam, East Riding of Yorkshire
Cottam reveals itself as a quiet expanse of Wolds landscape where the earth holds the memory of medieval life in its humped and hollowed topography. It lies 4.7 miles north-north-west of Driffield (from Driffield: bearing 339°T, OS grid SE 994 647), and is situated south-west of Langtoft village. The horizon here is vast and stripped of artifice, dominated by the rolling chalk ridges that seem to catch the pale, shifting light of the North Sea winds. Just west of the present dwellings, the Cottam Medieval Settlement and Cultivation Terraces remain as a ghostly imprint of a former population, their earthen ridges still visible beneath the long grass. Further along the slopes, the dry chalk valley of Cottam Well Dale carves a sharp, clean line through the hillside, offering a stark contrast to the surrounding arable fields. Sunlight travels across these open spaces with a heavy, deliberate pace, illuminating the flint-strewn soil that has supported agriculture for centuries. To the east, the elevation of Tire Ewe Hill rises to command the view, acting as a silent sentinel over the agricultural rhythm of the plains below. Cottam maintains a singular, austere beauty, defined by the persistent wind and the quiet gravity of a place long familiar with the turning of the seasons.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Cottam, East Riding of Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cottam, East Riding of Yorkshire, 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. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this other settlement. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Cottam includes coordinates 54.069224, -0.481283, in the county of East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Cottam is available on the Cottam map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the East Riding of Yorkshire 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.