Emley, West Yorkshire Weather
About Emley, West Yorkshire
Emley commands a high, windswept ridge in West Yorkshire, where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the grey clouds of the industrial north. It lies 4.4 miles south-west of Horbury (from Horbury: bearing 225°T, OS grid SE 245 132), and is situated south-south-east of Flockton village. The ancient Standing Cross at Emley serves as a silent witness to centuries of passage, its weathered stone grain catching the low, pale light of winter afternoons. Beneath the fields, the landscape harbours the forgotten scars of coal extraction, marked by the Emley Day Holes where the earth was once punctured to feed the local fires. The ground here feels heavy with the memory of subterranean toil, yet the air remains sharp and bracing, blowing clear across the exposed heights. Residents look out from these elevations toward the distant, rolling spine of the Pennines, which cut a jagged silhouette against the changing sky. Emley maintains a distinct character forged by its height and isolation, standing apart from the deep valleys that define the surrounding districts. Time seems to move with a deliberate, muscular pace, matching the sturdy limestone architecture that defines the streetscape.
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About This Emley, West Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Emley, West 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 Emley includes coordinates 53.615337, -1.631112, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Emley is available on the Emley map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the West 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.