Lind Head, North Yorkshire Weather
About Lind Head, North Yorkshire
Lind Head commands a quiet authority over the high, windswept ridges that rise above the North Yorkshire coast. It lies 4.6 miles north-west of Scarborough (from Scarborough: bearing 321°T, OS grid SE 992 941), and is situated west-south-west of Cloughton village. The land here holds the memory of ancient inhabitants, evidenced by the circular earthworks of the scheduled monument found just 120 metres west of Kirkless Farm. Below the exposed brow of the moor, the terrain drops away into the shadowed cleft of Oxdale Slack, where the air grows heavy and still in the hollows. Thin ribbons of water, including Lindhead Beck, trace jagged paths through the limestone, carving out the rugged character of the slopes. The horizon here is vast and stripped of ornament, allowing the pale light of the North Sea to wash over the fields with a sharp, clarifying intensity. This austere beauty defines Lind Head, where the wind exerts a constant, rhythmic pressure against the stone walls and hardy, salt-brushed hedgerows. Life moves in accordance with the turning of the seasons, far removed from the bustle of the coastal towns, maintaining a singular, lonely dignity upon the heights.
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About This Lind Head, North Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lind Head, 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 Lind Head includes coordinates 54.333002, -0.474655, 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 Lind Head is available on the Lind Head 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.