Birley Carr, South Yorkshire Weather
About Birley Carr, South Yorkshire
Birley Carr occupies a quiet ridge of high ground where the industrial legacy of South Yorkshire yields to the shifting light of the Pennine foothills. It lies 3.1 miles north-north-west of Sheffield (from Sheffield: bearing 336°T, OS grid SK 333 919), and is situated south of Grenoside village. The terrain here rises with a deliberate, muscular clarity, defined by the sharp incline of Birley Edge which commands the horizon to the north-west. Below these heights, the landscape softens into residential lanes that hold the heat of the afternoon sun against their stone-walled boundaries. Residents often walk toward the nearby Fox Hill Whale, where the public artwork serves as a curious, metallic landmark against the vast, open sky. The air in Birley Carr possesses a crisp, sharpened quality, filtered by the elevation and the proximity to the rugged moorland fringes. Throughout the seasons, the quality of light across the rooftops shifts from a pale, wintry silver to a deep, golden amber that seems to linger longer here than in the valley floors below. This geography imparts a sense of detachment from the city’s dense centre, allowing a singular, quiet character to define the local experience.
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About This Birley Carr, South Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Birley Carr, South 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. Air quality data includes PM2.5, PM10, ozone and the UK Daily Air Quality Index (DAQI 1-10) as used by DEFRA and the Met Office. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Birley Carr includes coordinates 53.423305, -1.499358, in the county of South Yorkshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Birley Carr is available on the Birley Carr map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the South 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.