Smithies, South Yorkshire Weather
About Smithies, South Yorkshire
Smithies rises from the industrial pulse of South Yorkshire, where the heavy legacy of coal mining informs the quiet, grey-hued horizon. It lies 1.3 miles north-north-east of Barnsley (from Barnsley: bearing 25°T, OS grid SE 352 083). The landscape here retains a rugged, weathered character, shaped by the steady flow of the River Dearne that carves through the local terrain. Much of Smithies occupies the verdant expanse of Dearne Valley Park, where the reclaimed earth now hosts a soft, resilient wildness beneath the shifting northern light. Shadows lengthen toward the west, where the skeletal remains of the East Gawber Hall Colliery Fanhouse stand as a silent, brick-built witness to a vanished era of steam and soot. These remnants offer a stark contrast to the modern roads that slice through the valley, binding the past to the constant motion of contemporary life. A thin, silver mist often clings to the low-lying fields in the early morning, lending a ghostly clarity to the chimneys and pylons that define the skyline. Through this corridor of history, the spirit of Smithies persists, balanced between the memory of deep-shaft labour and the encroaching green of the revitalised riverbanks.
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About This Smithies, South Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Smithies, 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 Smithies includes coordinates 53.57021, -1.469313, 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 Smithies is available on the Smithies 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.