Clifton, Cheshire Weather
About Clifton, Cheshire
Clifton emerges from the Cheshire landscape as a quiet threshold where the industrial echoes of the past meet the persistent, slow-moving currents of the local waterways. It lies 1.4 miles north-north-east of Frodsham (from Frodsham: bearing 28°T, OS grid SJ 526 798), and is situated west-north-west of Sutton Weaver village. The air here carries a peculiar weight, heavy with the moisture of the nearby Weaver Navigation, where the water mirrors the shifting grey of the English sky with an almost metallic precision. To the north, the skeletal remains of Rocksavage provide a haunting silhouette against the horizon, a reminder of grander ambitions now surrendered to the encroaching ivy and time. Clifton sits firmly on the low-lying plains, where the horizon remains wide and unencumbered, allowing the light to sweep across the fields in long, pale ribbons during the late afternoon. Beyond the immediate boundaries, the Flood Brook Clough Sssi shelters a rare pocket of woodland, offering a damp, sheltered sanctuary that contrasts sharply with the open, wind-swept character of the surrounding farmland. The geography of Clifton remains defined by this intersection of human artifice and the stubborn, rising damp of the river valley. In the stillness of the evening, one can almost sense the slow, deliberate pulse of the landscape, a rhythm dictated not by the clock, but by the gradual settling of the silt and the turning of the tides.
Flight conditions near Clifton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Clifton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Clifton, Cheshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clifton, Cheshire, 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. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Clifton includes coordinates 53.313228, -2.712649, in the county of Cheshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Clifton is available on the Clifton map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Cheshire 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.