The Lumb, West Yorkshire Weather
About The Lumb, West Yorkshire
The Lumb emerges from the West Yorkshire landscape as a quiet cluster of stone dwellings defined by the rugged character of the Pennine foothills. It lies 1.8 miles south-south-east of Huddersfield (from Huddersfield: bearing 157°T, OS grid SE 156 137), and is situated north-west of Farnley Tyas village. High above the rooftops, the ancient earthworks of Lower Castle Hill command the horizon, casting long, watchful shadows over the slopes as the sun begins its slow descent. The light here catches the gritstone walls with a pale, silver clarity, illuminating the transition between the rolling fields and the steeper folds of the terrain. Nearby, the Victoria Tower rises as a solitary sentinel, its dark silhouette a constant reminder of the deep history held within the surrounding soil. The Lumb remains tethered to this elevated geography, where the air feels thin and sharp, carrying the scent of damp earth and distant moorland heather. Water from the Lumb Dike cuts through the lower reaches, a persistent, rhythmic presence that has shaped the drainage of these fields for centuries. Life in The Lumb persists in this quiet dialogue between the heavy stone of the past and the wide, open sky that dominates the view.
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Live animated radar for The Lumb and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This The Lumb, West Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for The Lumb, 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 The Lumb includes coordinates 53.620348, -1.764741, 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 The Lumb is available on the The Lumb 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.