Weather
Wherever
To see an up-to-date and local weather report for any part of the UK, free of charge, whatever the weather, simply:
- submit a location
- choose a nearby Met office observation station
- select the most approriate weather report for your purposes
Submit a Location
Please type the name of a location anywhere in the UK into the form below and press "GO!".
You may enter:
- the name of a place such as a town or city
- a postal address
- a postcode
- the name of an area such as a county, or home nation
Notes
Please note:
- The more specific you can be, the better
- Postcodes:
- We do not store any postcodes you enter here, so you may enter a postcode in full
- Alternatively, if you prefer, you may enter just the first half of a postcode, eg SW13
- Place names:
- Not all place names are listed in the Google Maps Geocoder. If no marker appears, please enter the name of a larger nearby town/city
- Some place names are not unique.
- Area Names
- If you enter the name of an area such as the name of a city, eg London, or a county, eg Yorkshire, a marker will appear at a representative location for that area, eg often close to the centre
Credits
With thanks to:
the UK Met Office for their excellent Datapoint API | |
Google for their brilliant Maps API | |
Lorna Mitchell for her helpful blogposts on first working with, and then building on, on the Datapoint API | |
Adam Whitcroft for his clear and informative 'Climacons' available from the Noun Project |