Horton, Staffordshire Weather
About Horton, Staffordshire
Horton holds a quiet dominion over the high, uneven pastures of the Staffordshire Moorlands, where the wind carries the sharp, clean scent of crushed gorse. It lies 2.9 miles west of Leek (from Leek: bearing 281°T, OS grid SJ 940 573), and is situated south of Rudyard village. Stone walls, lichened and weathered by decades of driving rain, divide the fields into a patchwork that clings stubbornly to the rising ground. To the south, the persistent, low gurgle of Horton Brook carves a path through the earth, a hidden vein of water that sustains the valley’s deep, verdant hollows. The light here often feels brittle and thin, casting long, stark shadows that reveal the skeletal ridges of the landscape before the sun retreats. Beyond the stone boundaries, the horizon shifts toward the expansive, dark waters of Rudyard Reservoir, where the sky seems to broaden and breathe in the stillness. Horton remains a place of stoic endurance, defined by the grit of its soil and the vast, unyielding reach of the moorland air.
Flight conditions near Horton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Horton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Horton, Staffordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Horton, 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 Horton includes coordinates 53.113614, -2.089941, 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 Horton is available on the Horton 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.