Castleton, North Yorkshire Weather
About Castleton, North Yorkshire
Castleton emerges from the heather-streaked horizon of the Esk Valley like a collection of grey-stone thoughts gathered against the wind. It lies 6.6 miles south-south-west of Loftus (from Loftus: bearing 199°T, OS grid NZ 688 080), and is situated west of Ainthorpe village. The expansive North York Moors National Park cradles the roofs of Castleton, where the sky often appears to press more heavily upon the earth than it does in the lowlands. To the east, the earth rises into the prominence of Castle Hill, guarding the memory of the Norman fortifications that once commanded the valley floor. Danby Beck traces a silver, shivering line through the lower pastures, pulling the cool air of the high moors down toward the riverbank. The ancient earthworks of Castleton Castle Mound remain as a subtle ripple in the grass, a quiet testament to the heavy-handed kings of old. Here, the quality of light possesses a rare, brittle clarity, sharpening the edges of the limestone walls until they seem to glow with an inner, pale intensity. Castleton remains defined by this intersection of rugged geology and the patient, enduring work of human hands.
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Live animated radar for Castleton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Castleton, North Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Castleton, North 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Castleton includes coordinates 54.463272, -0.939851, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Castleton is available on the Castleton map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the North 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.