Cray, North Yorkshire Weather
About Cray, North Yorkshire
Cray commands a rugged prominence where the high winds of the Pennines carve long, silver streaks across the limestone scars. It lies 12.4 miles north-east of Settle (from Settle: bearing 38°T, OS grid SD 942 792), and is situated north of Buckden village. The landscape here is defined by the sharp, persistent rush of Cray Gill, which tumbles down the slopes with a clarity that seems to sharpen the very light of the day. Within the expansive boundaries of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, the terrain rises toward the brooding presence of Buckden Pike, a mountain that casts a long, watchful shadow over the pastures below. Drystone walls trace the contours of the valley with a geometric patience, separating the emerald grass from the wild, unkempt heather of the higher ground. A quiet permanence hangs about the place, anchored by the ancient, weathered stone that forms the bones of the local architecture. In the cool air of the morning, the scent of damp earth and distant peat fires drifts through the narrow gaps between the buildings. Cray remains a place where the geology dictates the rhythm of life, indifferent to the soft vanities of the world beyond the ridge.
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About This Cray, North Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cray, 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 Cray includes coordinates 54.208543, -2.090224, 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 Cray is available on the Cray 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.