West Cliff, North Yorkshire Weather
About West Cliff, North Yorkshire
West Cliff rises as a limestone brow against the relentless grey appetite of the North Sea. It lies 0.5 miles north-west of Whitby (from Whitby: bearing 312°T, OS grid NZ 891 113). Salt-crusted Victorian villas define the horizon, their architecture standing in stiff, rhythmic defiance of the prevailing gales. Below these high, imposing terraces, the expansive stretch of Whitby Sands offers a tactile geography of shifting silt and tide-washed shingle. Visitors often gravitate toward the Whitby Pavilion, a structure that anchors the cliff’s edge and serves as a theatre for the wind-swept drama of the coast. Near the manicured lawns of the Royal Crescent Gardens, the light possesses a peculiar, silver clarity that renders the surrounding ironwork almost translucent. West Cliff maintains a stoic poise, holding its own against the erosion that slowly reclaims the jagged coastline. The atmosphere here is one of heavy salt and measured patience, where the horizon remains the primary inhabitant.
Flight conditions near West Cliff. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for West Cliff and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This West Cliff, North Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Cliff, 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 West Cliff includes coordinates 54.489406, -0.625476, 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 West Cliff is available on the West Cliff 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.