Lathom, Lancashire Weather
About Lathom, Lancashire
Lathom commands a quiet authority over the flat, expansive plains of West Lancashire, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered by the clutter of modern industry. It lies 2.5 miles east-north-east of Ormskirk (from Ormskirk: bearing 77°T, OS grid SD 453 092), and is situated south-south-west of Ring o' Bells village. The character of Lathom is defined by a slow, deliberate stillness that seems to hang in the damp air, particularly where the sunlight catches the surface of the Postillion Cap reservoir nearby. Ancient echoes of the past linger in the landscape, where the earthworks in Spa Roughs Wood provide a silent, grassy counterpoint to the more bustling movements of the modern world. Agriculture remains the steady pulse of the land, with fields that shift in colour from the pale green of spring shoots to the deep, burnished gold of harvest time. The proximity of Sefton Brook introduces a meandering, liquid grace to the local geography, carving a path through the soil that has remained largely indifferent to the passing of centuries. Lathom retains a dignified solitude, preferring the company of its own long-standing boundaries to the restlessness of its neighbours. Visitors might find that the very weight of the sky over these fields imparts a sense of permanence, grounding the spirit in a way that few other places can manage.
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Live animated radar for Lathom and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Lathom, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lathom, Lancashire, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Lathom includes coordinates 53.5768, -2.826239, in the county of Lancashire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Lathom is available on the Lathom map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Lancashire 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.