Highfield, South Yorkshire Weather
About Highfield, South Yorkshire
Highfield occupies a distinct position upon the rising ground of South Yorkshire, where the industrial legacy of the coal seams still informs the character of the horizon. It lies 1.5 miles north-north-east of Wombwell (from Wombwell: bearing 33°T, OS grid SE 413 050), and is situated north-north-west of Darfield village. The landscape here breathes with the quiet persistence of the Dearne Valley Wetlands SSSI, where the water catches the grey, flat light of the northern sky in the low-lying marshy hollows. Highfield retains a sturdy, unpretentious composure, shaped by the weight of the collieries that once defined the daily labour of its inhabitants. To the south, the Miners' Welfare Park offers a green reprieve, its paths smoothed by generations of heavy boots and slow Sunday afternoon strolls. Beyond the immediate rows of housing, the land rises toward the subtle elevations of Quarry Hills, which provide a vantage point over the shifting patterns of the valley floor. The local atmosphere remains tethered to this reclamation of space, where nature slowly reclaims the iron-bound memories of the earth. Highfield persists as a quiet observer of the seasonal changes that sweep across the Yorkshire basin, marking time in the rustle of reeds and the distant hum of the modern road.
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About This Highfield, South Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Highfield, 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 Highfield includes coordinates 53.540376, -1.377548, 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 Highfield is available on the Highfield 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.