Cawton, North Yorkshire Weather
About Cawton, North Yorkshire
Cawton remains a quiet anchor of stone and pasture within the North Yorkshire landscape. It lies 4.8 miles south-south-east of Helmsley (from Helmsley: bearing 157°T, OS grid SE 643 767), and is situated west-north-west of Hovingham village. The terrain here rises in modest swells, where the morning light catches the limestone walls of traditional farmsteads with a sharp, pale clarity. To the south, the dense canopy of Hovingham High Wood gathers the shadows of the afternoon, providing a dark contrast to the open, arable fields that define the immediate horizon. Westward, the ground slopes toward the quiet presence of Scar Wood, where the trees hold the silence of the valley floor. Cawton maintains a rhythm dictated by the turning of the soil and the slow, seasonal migration of livestock across the surrounding paddocks. Ancient earthworks, such as the nearby scheduled monument of the round barrow, suggest a long history of human occupation that preceded the current agricultural order. The air here tastes of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, grounding the hamlet in a stark, unadorned reality.
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About This Cawton, North Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cawton, 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 Cawton includes coordinates 54.182267, -1.015376, 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 Cawton is available on the Cawton 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.