Newton, West Yorkshire Weather
About Newton, West Yorkshire
Newton occupies a quiet stretch of land where the flat horizons of the Yorkshire landscape meet the sky in a wide, pale arc. It lies 1.8 miles north-east of Castleford (from Castleford: bearing 42°T, OS grid SE 446 278), and is situated south-east of Ledston village. The earth here retains the memory of water, marked by the nearby Fairburn Ings (Newton Abbey) Moat, where the hushed presence of a former abbey lingers in the damp, heavy silt. To the east, the sprawling wetlands of the Fairburn and Newton Ings SSSI draw migrating birds that stir the stillness with the sudden, sharp percussion of wings. Newton remains defined by this proximity to the water, where the light shifts across the reed beds with a silvery, shifting intensity. The geography here is a low-lying patchwork of fields and drainage channels that have long dictated the pace of local life. One feels the weight of the underlying strata, a bedrock that has supported the industry and agriculture of the district for generations. Newton persists as a place of subtle transitions, where the modern world thins out into the raw, unadorned beauty of the floodplains.
Flight conditions near Newton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Newton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Newton, West Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Newton, 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 Newton includes coordinates 53.745136, -1.323852, 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 Newton is available on the Newton 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.