Lower Holme, West Yorkshire Weather
About Lower Holme, West Yorkshire
Lower Holme emerges from the rugged Pennine folds as a cluster of gritstone dwellings clinging to the steep, unforgiving incline of the Colne Valley. It lies 2.8 miles north-west of Meltham (from Meltham: bearing 319°T, OS grid SE 069 140), and is situated west of Slaithwaite village. The light here has a sharp, scouring quality, often catching the grey slate roofs before dissolving into the shadows of the nearby Barrett Clough. To the east, the water of Slaithwaite Reservoir mirrors a sky that seems perpetually heavy with the promise of rain. Lower Holme retains the quiet, industrious temperament of a place once tethered to the textile trade, where the rhythmic clatter of looms has long since surrendered to the wind. The landscape is defined by this hard-won verticality, where stone walls serve as the primary architecture of the horizon. Rising above the rooftops, the slopes of Cop Hill provide a dark, brooding backdrop that dictates the mood of the afternoon. Residents of Lower Holme occupy a space where the industrial past is not buried, but merely softened by the encroaching heather and the persistent, damp breath of the moor.
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Live animated radar for Lower Holme and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Lower Holme, West Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lower Holme, 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 Lower Holme includes coordinates 53.622565, -1.896111, 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 Lower Holme is available on the Lower Holme 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.