Stainforth, North Yorkshire Weather
About Stainforth, North Yorkshire
Stainforth remains a place of quiet stone, where the ancient grit of the Pennines meets the soft, persistent movement of water. It lies 2.4 miles north of Settle (from Settle: bearing 3°T, OS grid SD 821 673), and is situated north of Langcliffe village. Within the expansive boundaries of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, the terrain rises in rugged limestone tiers that catch the low, silver light of the northern sun. The rush of Stainforth Beck provides a constant, rhythmic pulse through the landscape, carving a path toward the limestone bedrock. Visitors often find themselves drawn to the nearby Stainforth Force, where the river descends in a series of dramatic, foaming steps that seem to capture the very wildness of the hills. Higher up, the remnants of the Craven and Murgatroyd Lime Works stand as heavy, silent reminders of a time when industry clawed at the earth for its mineral wealth. Stainforth itself retains a sense of enduring composure, its houses built from the same pale, stubborn rock that defines the surrounding fells. The air here carries a distinct, sharp clarity, as if the wind has been scrubbed clean by the heights of the moorland.
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About This Stainforth, North Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stainforth, 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 Stainforth includes coordinates 54.101717, -2.274679, 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 Stainforth is available on the Stainforth 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.