Southowram, West Yorkshire Weather
About Southowram, West Yorkshire
Southowram commands a rugged prominence high above the Calder Valley, where the gritstone earth clings to the steep slopes of West Yorkshire. It lies 1.6 miles south-east of Halifax (from Halifax: bearing 124°T, OS grid SE 113 237). The horizon is defined by the heavy, enduring presence of the landscape, where the ascent toward Milking Hill reveals a terrain shaped by centuries of stone quarrying. Below these heights, the verdant basin of Sunny Bank Clough offers a sharp, cool contrast to the exposed ridges that catch the shifting northern light. Southowram retains the stoic character of a place built upon the extraction of rock, its architecture mirroring the layered strata of the surrounding hillsides. Stoney Royd Cemetery remains a quiet, expansive witness to the passage of generations, its stone monuments weathering gracefully against the prevailing wind. The air here carries a crisp, unadorned quality that seems to strip the landscape of artifice, leaving only the raw, honest bones of the moorland edge. Throughout the seasons, the sky over Southowram shifts with a restless intensity, casting long, dramatic shadows across the uneven pastures and narrow, winding lanes.
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Live animated radar for Southowram and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Southowram, West Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Southowram, 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 Southowram includes coordinates 53.710069, -1.828797, 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 Southowram is available on the Southowram 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.