Horden, County Durham Weather
About Horden, County Durham
Horden holds the salt-stung memory of a grand industrial past, where the North Sea wind scours the cliff edges and ripples across the exposed headlands. It lies 0.9 miles east-north-east of Peterlee (from Peterlee: bearing 71°T, OS grid NZ 442 413). The landscape here bears the heavy, honest imprint of coal seams that once reached deep beneath the waves, shaping the stubborn character of the streets above. To the northwest, the green expanse of Welfare Park offers a quiet respite, its trimmed lawns providing a stark, orderly contrast to the rugged, untamed coastline nearby. Beyond the rooftops, the ancient earth of the Yoden Medieval Settlement remains humped and silent under the grass, a ghost of a life lived long before the pit heads rose. The light in Horden often possesses a sharp, silver clarity, reflecting off the grey expanse of the sea to illuminate the sturdy brickwork of the terraced rows. This high, open sky gives the place a sense of exposure, as if the weather is the only true master of the horizon. Life here follows the bracing rhythm of the coast, where the air is thick with the scent of brine and the low, persistent murmur of the tide against the shore.
Flight conditions near Horden. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Horden and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Horden, County Durham Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Horden, County Durham, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Horden includes coordinates 54.765162, -1.313165, in the county of County Durham, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Horden is available on the Horden map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the County Durham 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.