Hirst, Northumberland Weather
About Hirst, Northumberland
Hirst reveals its character through the enduring, utilitarian brickwork of its terraces, reflecting a landscape forged by the deep-reaching seams of Northumberland coal. It lies 0.6 miles south-east of Ashington (from Ashington: bearing 136°T, OS grid NZ 281 870). The morning light catches the slate roofs of Hirst with a pale, northern clarity, illuminating streets that once echoed with the rhythmic shift-change of thousands of miners. A short walk to the east, Hirst Park provides a green lung for the neighbourhood, where mature trees soften the hard edges of the industrial legacy. The horizon to the north-east holds the imposing silhouette of the Woodhorn Colliery, a scheduled monument that serves as a silent, iron-boned guardian of local memory. Hirst remains defined by this proximity to its heavy industrial past, where the vast, open skies of the coast seem to press down upon the low-slung architecture. Residents move through these spaces with a quiet purpose, their lives still tethered to the rhythm of a place that once powered the nation's hearths. Even today, the cooling air from the North Sea carries a salt-sharp reminder of how close the coast remains to these solid, soot-dusted foundations.
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About This Hirst, Northumberland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hirst, Northumberland, 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 Hirst includes coordinates 55.177185, -1.559166, in the county of Northumberland, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Hirst is available on the Hirst map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Northumberland 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.