Cotes, Staffordshire Weather
About Cotes, Staffordshire
Cotes reveals itself through a quiet geometry of hedgerows and low-lying pastures that hold the morning mist long after the sun has climbed. It lies 3.5 miles north-north-east of Eccleshall (from Eccleshall: bearing 14°T, OS grid SJ 844 346), and is situated south-south-west of Swynnerton village. The land here slopes with a subtle, deliberate grace towards the north-east, where the ancient earthwork of the Bowl Barrow in Swynnerton Park marks a high point against the horizon. To the east, the rising flank of Frameley Hill catches the changing light, casting long, lean shadows that stretch across the fields as the day draws to a close. Cotes maintains a sparse, agrarian character where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life more than any mechanical clock. Beyond the immediate boundaries, the heavy, industrial silhouette of the Mill Meece Pumping Station stands as a reminder of the Victorian ambition that once harnessed the local waterways. Water remains a silent presence here, pulling the landscape into a series of soft, verdant folds. There is a particular clarity to the air in Cotes, a crispness that sharpens the edges of the barns and the dark, tangled lines of the winter trees.
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About This Cotes, Staffordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cotes, Staffordshire, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Cotes includes coordinates 52.90863, -2.232183, in the county of Staffordshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Cotes is available on the Cotes map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Staffordshire 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.