Newton, Staffordshire Weather
About Newton, Staffordshire
Newton holds its ground upon the high, broken ridges of the Staffordshire Moorlands, where the wind carries the sharp, clean scent of gritstone and damp earth. It lies 2.2 miles east of Cheadle (from Cheadle: bearing 98°T, OS grid SK 045 426), and is situated south-south-west of Oakamoor village. Rugged slopes fall away from Newton toward the deep, shadowed creases of Dimmings Dale, where the light shifts in bruised purples and pale golds through the dense canopy. The air here feels heavy with the patient silence of the surrounding woodlands, particularly as the sun begins to fail over the nearby trees of Threap Wood. Rainwater gathers in the dark, peaty hollows of the landscape, feeding the moisture that keeps the bracken thick and the mosses vibrant throughout the year. Farmers have long worked these thin, unforgiving soils, carving a living from a terrain that demands constant labour and little compromise. Above the valley floor, the stark, weathered profile of Gentleman’s Rock watches over the passage of the seasons, unmoved by the slow erosion of the centuries. Newton remains a place of sharp horizons and wide, indifferent skies, keeping its secrets in the quiet folds of the moorland.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Newton, Staffordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Newton, 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 Newton includes coordinates 52.980969, -1.934188, 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 Newton is available on the Newton 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.