Downholme, North Yorkshire Weather
About Downholme, North Yorkshire
Downholme occupies a quiet stretch of Swaledale where the land rises in patient, green swells toward the horizon. It lies 4.1 miles west-south-west of Richmond (from Richmond: bearing 242°T, OS grid SE 112 978), and is situated south-south-east of Marske village. The limestone walls of the local architecture catch the low afternoon sun, casting long, sharp shadows that define the rugged contours of the surrounding fields. Rising just to the west, the ancient earthworks of the How Hill Large Univallate Hillfort loom over the valley, offering a silent witness to the centuries that have passed beneath its ramparts. Below these heights, the cool, rhythmic pulse of Church Gill carves its path through the limestone, a constant movement of water amidst the stillness of the dale. Downholme maintains a character forged by the slow, seasonal shifts of pastoral life, where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and distant heather. The terrain here holds a stark, unadorned beauty, defined by the interplay of high, windswept ridges and the hidden, sheltered hollows of the riverbanks. Every stone and trackway speaks to a long continuity of human presence, grounding the spirit in the enduring stability of the Yorkshire landscape.
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Live animated radar for Downholme and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Downholme, North Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Downholme, 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 Downholme includes coordinates 54.376309, -1.827842, 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 Downholme is available on the Downholme 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.