Overton, West Yorkshire Weather
About Overton, West Yorkshire
Overton occupies a ridge of high ground that commands a long, steady view across the Calder Valley. It lies 2.4 miles west-south-west of Horbury (from Horbury: bearing 246°T, OS grid SE 259 168), and is situated west-south-west of Middlestown village. The air here carries a crisp, open quality, as if the wind has been scrubbed clean by its journey over the surrounding heavy clay fields. A short walk to the south brings one to the slopes of Chapel Hill, where the land falls away in a sudden, sharp descent. The industrial ghost of the region lingers just to the west, where the headgear at the National Coal Mining Museum serves as a stark, vertical punctuation mark against the horizon. Overton remains defined by this transition between the deep, subterranean labour of the past and the quiet, exposed surface of the present. Beyond the rooftops, the terrain leans toward the hidden, damp channels of the beck, where the light turns cool and moss-green in the late afternoon. This balance of grit and greenery ensures that Overton retains a character entirely its own, far removed from the bustle of the nearby urban centres.
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Live animated radar for Overton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Overton, West Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Overton, 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 Overton includes coordinates 53.647128, -1.608219, 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 Overton is available on the Overton 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.