Melbourne, East Riding of Yorkshire Weather
About Melbourne, East Riding of Yorkshire
Melbourne holds a quiet gravity in the East Riding of Yorkshire, where the flat, wide horizons of the Vale of York seem to swallow the afternoon light. It lies 4.5 miles south-west of Pocklington (from Pocklington: bearing 228°T, OS grid SE 750 440), and is situated south-west of Thornton village. The sky here possesses a vast, unencumbered clarity that mirrors the stillness of the nearby Melbourne And Thornton Ings Sssi, where the water table dictates the slow, deliberate pulse of the changing seasons. Low-lying fields stretch toward the horizon, their damp earth darkened by the persistent influence of the Scamland Drain as it winds through the heavy, alluvial clay. The character of Melbourne is defined by this elemental relationship with the water, a landscape that does not so much command attention as invite a patient, watchful observation. Ancient hedgerows trace the boundaries of these water-meadows, marking the edges of a geography shaped by the slow, seasonal inundations that feed the wider Lower Derwent Valley. A profound silence often descends upon the lanes, broken only by the sudden, sharp cry of a lapwing or the rustle of reeds shifting in the breeze. Melbourne remains a place of singular, understated composure, indifferent to the haste of the modern world beyond its borders.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Melbourne, East Riding of Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Melbourne, 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 village. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Melbourne includes coordinates 53.887541, -0.859012, 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 Melbourne is available on the Melbourne 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.