Drax, North Yorkshire Weather
About Drax, North Yorkshire
Drax stretches across the low, fertile plains of North Yorkshire, where the sky claims a vast and heavy dominion over the flat horizon. It lies 4.8 miles west-south-west of Howden (from Howden: bearing 256°T, OS grid SE 673 263), and is situated north-west of Newland village. The light here possesses a pale, expansive quality, catching the moisture that rises from the nearby Carr Dyke as it winds its purposeful way through the silt-rich soil. Beneath the surface of the fields, the earth keeps the secrets of the Drax Augustinian Priory, whose foundations remain as a quiet shadow of medieval devotion beneath the modern agricultural patchwork. Drax maintains a grounded character, defined by the quiet industry of the land and the distant, rhythmic hum of the power station that defines its silhouette. A short distance away, the Castle Hill Moated Site preserves the memory of older, fortified days, its grassy banks rising with a modest dignity against the encroaching green. These remnants of antiquity sit in calm conversation with the present, where the wind ripples across the open acreage without obstruction. Drax remains a place of deliberate stillness, where the horizon serves as a constant reminder of the elemental, wide-reaching character of the Vale of York.
Flight conditions near Drax. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Drax and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Drax, North Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Drax, 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 Drax includes coordinates 53.728906, -0.98101, 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 Drax is available on the Drax 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.