Skitham, Lancashire Weather
About Skitham, Lancashire
Skitham emerges from the flat, heavy loam of the Wyre landscape like a quiet thought held between the fields. It lies 4.3 miles west-south-west of Garstang (from Garstang: bearing 253°T, OS grid SD 426 434), and is situated east-north-east of Out Rawcliffe village. Low horizons define the sky here, allowing the quality of light to stretch thin and silver across the pastures, illuminating the damp earth where the Skitham Watercourse charts its sluggish, vital path. The land carries a singular stillness, broken only by the sudden, sharp flight of a lapwing rising above the reeds. To the east, the modest rise of Trashy Hill interrupts the otherwise relentless level, providing a solitary anchor for the gaze. Skitham maintains a posture of agricultural endurance, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the texture of the lanes more than any human decree. The air often holds the scent of cool, standing water and turned soil, a sensory reminder of the proximity to the low-lying basins of the region. Through this quiet geography, Skitham remains a place where the wide, Lancashire sky commands a profound and unadorned attention.
Flight conditions near Skitham. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Skitham and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Skitham, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Skitham, 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 Skitham includes coordinates 53.884187, -2.873975, 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 Skitham is available on the Skitham 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.