Lythe, North Yorkshire Weather
About Lythe, North Yorkshire
Lythe commands a high, windswept ridge overlooking the North Sea, where the salt-heavy air clarifies the horizon into a sharp, silver line. It lies 3.4 miles west-north-west of Whitby (from Whitby: bearing 294°T, OS grid NZ 846 129), and is situated west-north-west of Sandsend village. The landscape surrounding Lythe falls within the protective embrace of the North York Moors National Park, where the earth rises in rolling swells of heather and ancient stone. Only a short distance away, the ruins of Mulgrave Castle stand in quiet decay, their crumbling masonry reclaimed by the encroaching vines of Mulgrave Woods. The light here possesses a peculiar, pale clarity, casting long, lean shadows across the fields as the sun dips behind the distant, brooding hills. Below the ridge, the waters of Sandsend Beck cut a persistent path through the valley floor, carrying the memory of the inland rain toward the coast. History lingers in the local soil, marked by the proximity of industrial relics where alum was once extracted to fuel the burgeoning trades of a younger England. Lythe remains a place of stoic endurance, where the wind sings through the gorse and the sea provides a constant, rhythmic pulse to the day.
Flight conditions near Lythe. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Lythe and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Lythe, North Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lythe, 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 Lythe includes coordinates 54.504576, -0.694341, 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 Lythe is available on the Lythe 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.