Hawes gathers the silvered light of the Pennine hills, its stone dwellings clinging to the high, bracing air of the North Yorkshire landscape. It lies 13.3 miles south-south-east of Kirkby Stephen (from Kirkby Stephen: bearing 152°T, OS grid SD 874 898), and is situated north-north-east of Gayle village. The gritstone architecture of Hawes anchors a spirit forged by centuries of trade, where the rhythmic clatter of the Hawes Ropemakers still echoes against the silence of the surrounding moors. Enclosed by the vast, open horizons of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, the terrain here feels exposed to the ancient, sweeping breath of the north wind. Visitors often pause at the Dales Countryside Museum to discern how the hard-won traditions of sheep farming shaped the lives of those who walked these tracks long before modern roads. A short walk away, the Wensleydale Creamery produces a curd that tastes of the lush, lime-rich pastures that define the valley floor. The light at dusk softens the sharp edges of the dry-stone walls, turning the grey limestone into a pale, ghostly violet that seems to hold the quietude of the evening. Life in Hawes moves with the deliberate pace of a place that has long understood its own endurance against the elements.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hawes, 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 Hawes includes coordinates 54.303749, -2.194055, 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 Hawes is available on the Hawes 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.