Cold Overton, Leicestershire Weather
About Cold Overton, Leicestershire
Cold Overton endures as a quiet collection of stone and slate atop the Leicestershire ridges, where the air possesses a sharp, clean clarity even in the height of summer. It lies 3.2 miles west-north-west of Oakham (from Oakham: bearing 284°T, OS grid SK 809 099), and is situated north-north-east of Knossington village. The limestone buildings catch the low afternoon light, turning a pale, honeyed hue that contrasts against the dark, heavy foliage of the surrounding fields. To the north-east, the slopes of Ranksborough Hill rise with a quiet dominance, watching over the patchwork of pastures that define the local horizon. The landscape remains largely agricultural, shaped by generations of ironstone farming that left the earth rich and stubborn under the plough. A short distance to the south-west, the earth bears the faint, sunken scars of the Moated Grange and Enclosure at Owston, where the ground holds the memory of medieval foundations beneath the modern turf. Cold Overton retains an austere dignity, indifferent to the hurried pace of the wider world, preferring the slow, rhythmic rotation of the seasons.
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About This Cold Overton, Leicestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cold Overton, Leicestershire, 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. 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 Cold Overton includes coordinates 52.68105, -0.803352, in the county of Leicestershire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Cold Overton is available on the Cold Overton map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Leicestershire 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.