Danby Head, North Yorkshire Weather
About Danby Head, North Yorkshire
Danby Head captures the raw, exposed spirit of the North York Moors National Park, where the horizon feels wide enough to swallow the light of a fading afternoon. It lies 9.0 miles south-south-east of Guisborough (from Guisborough: bearing 150°T, OS grid NZ 688 034), and is situated south-east of Westerdale village. The landscape here is defined by the sharp, rhythmic rise of Castleton Rigg, a geological spine that directs the wind across the high heather and rough grasses. To the north-east, the waters of Falcon Beck carve a thin, silver thread through the moorland, offering a quiet counterpoint to the brooding silence of the surrounding ridges. Ancient traces of human presence linger in the earth, most notably where the High Stone Dike marks the ground, a lingering shadow of past boundaries etched into the hillside. Danby Head remains a place where the seasons dictate the colour of the sky, shifting from the pale bruised purple of winter to the bright, insistent green of a wet spring. The air holds a crisp, persistent clarity, sharpened by the elevation and the absence of any sheltering canopy. Every footpath leading away from Danby Head invites a long, solitary walk through a world that feels indifferent to the frantic pace of the modern age.
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About This Danby Head, North Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Danby Head, 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 Danby Head includes coordinates 54.421788, -0.940136, 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 Danby Head is available on the Danby Head 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.