Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire Weather
About Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire
Salt-sprayed winds define the character of Withernsea, a place where the North Sea relentlessly reshapes the coastline. It lies 9.4 miles east of Hedon (from Hedon: bearing 93°T, OS grid TA 341 280), and is situated north-north-west of Hollym village. Once a quiet bathing resort served by a now-vanished railway, the local economy shifted over the decades from Victorian leisure to a modest reliance on trade and tourism. The horizon here is vast and stripped of artifice, with the cold, grey light of the Humber estuary casting a stark clarity upon the eroding clay cliffs.
The Withernsea Lighthouse Museum remains a sentinel of the past, its white brickwork glowing against the bruised purple of an oncoming squall. Families often wander down to Withernsea Beach to watch the tide churn the shingle, finding solace in the rhythmic, percussive drag of the pebbles. Kay Kendall, the celebrated actress who graced the silver screen during the mid-twentieth century, was born here and carried the quiet resilience of this coast into her performances. Beneath the expansive sky, the town retains a solitary, bracing spirit that persists long after the summer visitors have retreated inland.
Flight conditions near Withernsea. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Withernsea and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Withernsea, 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 town. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Withernsea includes coordinates 53.731401, 0.031413, 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 Withernsea is available on the Withernsea 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.