Staithes, North Yorkshire Weather
About Staithes, North Yorkshire
Staithes clings to the rugged North Yorkshire coastline as if bracing itself against the relentless North Sea. It lies 3.7 miles east of Loftus (from Loftus: bearing 85°T, OS grid NZ 781 187), and is situated south-east of Cowbar village. Red-roofed cottages crowd the narrow, steep-sided ravine, their foundations seemingly poured into the very rock of the cliffside. Below these dwellings, the grey expanse of Sandy Wyke waits for the tide to retreat, baring a rhythmic, salt-scoured shore that has long dictated the patterns of local life. The young Captain Cook once laboured in this harbour, his early observations of the sea likely shaped by the same turbulent currents that now swirl around the mouth of the bay. Staithes remains a place where the light turns bruised and metallic before a storm, reflecting off the damp stone walls that define its tight, winding alleyways. Beyond the harbour, the Staithes - Port Mulgrave Sssi preserves a fragile geological narrative within its cliff faces, documenting deep time in layers of shale and fossilised remains. Here, the landscape does not merely exist; it commands the attention of anyone walking its treacherous, wind-buffeted paths.
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About This Staithes, North Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Staithes, 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 Staithes includes coordinates 54.558332, -0.79311, 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 Staithes is available on the Staithes 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.