Stretham, Cambridgeshire Weather
About Stretham, Cambridgeshire
Stretham commands a quiet authority over the low-lying horizons of the Fens, where the sky seems to press down with a vast, pearlescent weight. It lies 4.0 miles south-south-west of Ely (from Ely: bearing 208°T, OS grid TL 512 746), and is situated south-west of Little Thetford village. The Stretham Village Sign stands as a sentinel of local identity, its painted ironwork capturing the stillness of a landscape that has long been defined by the reclamation of water. To the south, the Stretham Pumping Engine rises with the heavy, industrial grace of the Victorian era, its brickwork testifying to a time when steam mastered the encroaching marsh. The land around Stretham remains flat and rhythmic, a series of dark fields that catch the pale, horizontal light of late afternoon. Beyond the immediate cluster of homes, the River Cam traces a slow, silver vein through the meadows, carrying the memory of ancient barges and the quiet commerce of the past. Residents often look toward White Cross Hill, where the ground lifts just enough to offer a vantage point over the immense, open geometry of the surrounding plain. This expanse fosters a sense of solitude, as if the very air of Stretham were thinned by the endless stretch of cloud and furrow.
Flight conditions near Stretham. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Stretham and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Stretham, Cambridgeshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stretham, 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 Stretham includes coordinates 52.34896, 0.218867, 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 Stretham is available on the Stretham 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.