Hirst Courtney holds a quiet composure amidst the flat, expansive lowlands of North Yorkshire. It lies 4.9 miles south of Selby (from Selby: bearing 183°T, OS grid SE 610 245), and is situated south-east of Temple Hirst village. Low skies often press against the horizon here, casting a silver, melancholic light over the surrounding fields that seem to stretch toward the very edge of the world. The Intake and Marsh Drain flows with a slow, deliberate gravity just to the south-west, carving a path through the heavy, dark soil that has long dictated the rhythm of local agriculture. Not far away, the reed-beds of Hirst Marsh shimmer with a pale, wintry lustre when the wind catches the tall grasses. Hirst Courtney retains a stark, unadorned character, defined by the interplay of water and earth rather than the artifice of grand architecture. The distant, heavy silhouette of Carlton Towers rises to the east, a reminder of the historical weight that lingers across these damp, productive plains. Residents move through the day with a focused, steady pace that mirrors the stillness of the surrounding wetlands.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hirst Courtney, 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 Hirst Courtney includes coordinates 53.713571, -1.076263, 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 Hirst Courtney is available on the Hirst Courtney 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.