Queensbury, West Yorkshire Weather
About Queensbury, West Yorkshire
Queensbury commands a high, exposed ridge that overlooks the sprawling industrial valleys of West Yorkshire with a cold, clear-eyed intensity. It lies 3.2 miles north of Halifax (from Halifax: bearing 10°T, OS grid SE 101 302), and is situated south-south-east of West Scholes village. The wind here carries a persistent, scouring quality that seems to strip the stone of its warmth, leaving the grey gritstone buildings to turn a darker shade under the frequent, slate-coloured clouds. To the west, the land falls away toward the quiet curves of Strines Beck, where the water runs over dark rocks in a narrow, rushing ribbon. Residents often walk the paths near Royd Hill, an elevation that offers a harsh but panoramic perspective of the surrounding moorland and the dense, brick-built legacy of the textile trade. The horizon frequently glows with the sharp, flickering light of a setting sun that catches the gables of Queensbury, momentarily softening the stern profile of its steep, uphill streets. This elevation ensures that the air remains thin and bracing, a sharp contrast to the sheltered, humid atmosphere found in the deeper valleys below. Such an uncompromising landscape demands a certain fortitude from those who inhabit it, reflecting a history forged in the unrelenting demands of the nineteenth-century mills.
Flight conditions near Queensbury. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Queensbury and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Queensbury, West Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Queensbury, 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 Queensbury includes coordinates 53.768192, -1.847221, 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 Queensbury is available on the Queensbury 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.