St Ives, Cambridgeshire Weather
About St Ives, Cambridgeshire
St Ives draws its character from the slow, deliberate pulse of the River Great Ouse, which reflects the shifting, pale light of the Cambridgeshire sky. It lies 4.3 miles east of Godmanchester (from Godmanchester: bearing 86°T, OS grid TL 313 712), and is situated east-north-east of Hemingford Grey village. The medieval trade routes flourished here, anchored by the stone arches of the St Ives Bridge, a structure that has watched the water rise and fall for centuries. Once a vital nexus for inland shipping and agricultural exchange, the local economy has gradually transitioned from the bustle of river-borne grain to modern commercial ventures. Deep-rooted history survives in the hushed, weathered masonry of the Priory Barn, where the shadow of monastic life still lingers in the cooling damp of the earth.
Oliver Cromwell, who once walked these streets as a local farmer, represents the weight of influence that has passed through the area’s quiet thoroughfares. The Norris Museum preserves the fragments of this lineage, offering a lens into the lives of those who worked the surrounding fens and meadows. Beyond the built environment, the nearby Houghton Meadows SSSI remains a sanctuary of untamed grasses, where the air holds the scent of damp soil and wild clover. The market square continues to serve as the beating heart of the locale, maintaining a rhythm that predates the hurried pace of the modern age. Visitors often pause by the water’s edge, finding a stillness in the current that defines the enduring spirit of the place.
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Live animated radar for St Ives and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This St Ives, Cambridgeshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St Ives, 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 town. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for St Ives includes coordinates 52.323935, -0.074236, 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 St Ives is available on the St Ives 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.