Lifton, Devon Weather
About Lifton, Devon
Lifton commands a steady presence where the pastoral geometry of Devon stretches toward the rugged spine of the Cornish border. It lies 3.5 miles east of Launceston (from Launceston: bearing 82°T, OS grid SX 387 851), and is situated west of Tinhay village. The River Lyd traces a cooling, silver path just to the southeast, its currents carving a quiet rhythm through the fertile valley floor. Ancient earthworks remain visible at the nearby hilltop enclosure, where the silent, grassy mounds offer a vantage point over centuries of agricultural toil. Light often catches the slate roofs of Lifton with a sharp, metallic clarity, reflecting the damp, verdant intensity of the surrounding fields. The local architecture bears the weight of tradition, constructed from the very stone that anchors the landscape against the frequent Atlantic rains. Life here moves in accordance with the seasonal demands of the soil, maintaining a character defined by its proximity to the wilder reaches of the moor.
Flight conditions near Lifton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Lifton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Lifton, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lifton, Devon, 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. 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 Lifton includes coordinates 50.643214, -4.282197, in the county of Devon, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Lifton is available on the Lifton map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Devon 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.