Sleights, North Yorkshire Weather
About Sleights, North Yorkshire
Sleights commands the steep, verdant slopes above the River Esk, where the air often holds the sharp, salt-edged promise of the North Sea. It lies 2.8 miles south-west of Whitby (from Whitby: bearing 223°T, OS grid NZ 866 074), and is situated north-north-east of Eskdaleside village. The geography of Sleights is defined by this dramatic elevation, drawing the gaze upward toward the heather-clad majesty of the North York Moors National Park. To the north, the rounded silhouette of Oak Hill rises with a quiet permanence, acting as a sentinel over the rooftops and the winding valley floor. Below, the clear waters of Iburndale Beck carve a path through the limestone, their persistent murmur providing a constant, rhythmic counterpoint to the stillness of the afternoon. Slate roofs and sturdy stone facades absorb the shifting light, which turns a bruised, autumnal gold as the sun dips behind the western ridges. Sleights maintains a modest, resilient character, its lanes climbing sharply away from the main thoroughfare like veins reaching for the high, open moorland. Here, the landscape feels less like a backdrop and more like an active participant in the daily life of those who traverse its inclines.
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About This Sleights, North Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sleights, 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 Sleights includes coordinates 54.455467, -0.664668, 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 Sleights is available on the Sleights 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.