Farnhill, North Yorkshire Weather
About Farnhill, North Yorkshire
Stone houses of gritstone climb the steep hillside, defining the rugged character of Farnhill as it surveys the Aire Valley below. It lies 2.1 miles west of Silsden (from Silsden: bearing 265°T, OS grid SE 008 462), and is situated west of Kildwick village. The architecture here carries the utilitarian austerity of the industrial age, built from local rock that seems to have grown directly out of the slope. Above the rooftops, the silhouette of Black Hill looms against the northern horizon, its ancient cairns marking a landscape that has long witnessed the passage of seasonal light. To the south, the enduring stone arches of Kildwick Bridge span the river, providing a silent, historic anchor for the travellers who pass through the valley floor. The incline of the terrain ensures that every street offers a different vantage point, turning the simple act of walking into a dialogue with the clouds and the shifting shadows on the moorland. Residents of Farnhill often watch the weather roll in from the west, observing the grey mists as they soften the stark lines of the surrounding drystone walls. Each evening, the fading sun catches the mica in the building stone, causing the cottages to glow with a faint, mineral warmth before the dark settles over the valley.
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Live animated radar for Farnhill and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Farnhill, North Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Farnhill, 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 Farnhill includes coordinates 53.912005, -1.988957, 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 Farnhill is available on the Farnhill 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.