Needingworth holds its ground against the vast, flat horizon of the Fens, where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 1.8 miles east-north-east of St Ives (from St Ives: bearing 76°T, OS grid TL 341 720), and is situated north-north-east of Holywell village. The low-lying fields around Needingworth carry the memory of ancient water, their heavy soils still holding the grey-blue light of the morning long after the sun has climbed. To the south, the sprawling expanse of Ferry Lagoon mirrors the changing clouds, its stillness offering a quiet sanctuary for the birds that drift across the reedbeds. A cold, clear wind often brushes over the landscape here, tracing the path of the nearby Heath Drain as it cuts a straight, purposeful line through the silt. The architecture of the older houses reflects a stubborn endurance, built from materials that seem to have risen directly from the dark, peaty earth. Residents walk the lanes with an awareness of the water table beneath their feet, a constant, silent neighbour to their daily lives. Every change in the seasons alters the mood of the fields, shifting the palette from the pale, bruised greens of winter to the deep, golden weight of a late summer harvest.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Needingworth, Cambridgeshire, 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. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this village. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Needingworth includes coordinates 52.330454, -0.032271, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Needingworth is available on the Needingworth map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Cambridgeshire 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.