Fleets emerges from the rugged limestone folds of the Yorkshire Dales National Park as a quiet collection of stone dwellings gathered against the expansive northern sky. It lies 5.8 miles north-north-west of Skipton (from Skipton: bearing 344°T, OS grid SD 963 605), and is situated west-north-west of Cracoe village. The landscape here is defined by the persistent, silvered movement of Sunhill Beck, which carves a modest path through the pastureland just to the south-east. Above the rooftops, the slopes of Coonlands Hill rise with a stark, ancient composure that dictates the local weather and the character of the light. Fleets maintains an intimate dialogue with the surrounding high ground, where the gritstone and limestone outcrops catch the shifting moods of the clouds. Farmers have long laboured across these slopes, their lives bound to the rhythm of the seasons and the thin, demanding soil of the Dales. A profound silence often settles over the stone walls of Fleets, broken only by the thin, clear calls of curlews navigating the moorland air. This is a place where the geography is not merely a backdrop but a living weight, pressing firmly against the foundations of every house.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fleets, 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 Fleets includes coordinates 54.040525, -2.056723, 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 Fleets is available on the Fleets 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.