Raw emerges as a quiet collection of dwellings upon the high, windswept ridges of the North Yorkshire coast. It lies 4.2 miles south-east of Whitby (from Whitby: bearing 146°T, OS grid NZ 936 053), and is situated north-west of Fylingthorpe village. The horizon here is dominated by the expansive, shifting light of the North Sea, which bleaches the stone walls and casts long, sharp shadows across the fields. To the south-west, the incline of Quarry Hill rises abruptly, breaking the line of the sky with a rugged, stony texture that demands attention. Below the hamlet, the waters of Raw Beck trace a cool, hidden path through the earth, carving a rhythmic silence into the landscape. This terrain remains indifferent to the passing years, holding the weight of ancient earthworks like the nearby bowl barrows with a heavy, stoic patience. Raw functions as a solitary point of observation, where the salt-laden breeze carries the scent of damp gorse and distant tides. The inhabitants of Raw live in close proximity to the elemental temper of the moors, where the earth is thin and the sky feels vast.
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Live animated radar for Raw and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Raw, 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 Raw includes coordinates 54.435255, -0.558433, 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 Raw is available on the Raw 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.