Preston, East Sussex Weather
About Preston, East Sussex
Preston retains a quiet dignity as the urban sprawl of the coast gives way to the verdant expanse of the Downs. It lies 1.0 miles north-north-west of Brighton and Hove (from Brighton and Hove: bearing 345°T, OS grid TQ 303 058). The landscape here is defined by the expansive greenery of Preston Park, where the morning sun slants low to illuminate the ancient, gnarled trunks of the famous Preston Twins. These elms stand as silent sentinels, enduring remnants of a time when the horizon was less crowded by the brick and mortar of modern life. Nearby, the Booth Museum of Natural History houses a curious collection of Victorian specimens that reflect an era of earnest scientific inquiry. The local atmosphere is punctuated by the occasional sound of performance drifting from the Brighton Open Air Theatre, which makes clever use of the chalky hollows. Preston preserves its character through this blend of sheltered woodland and the steady pulse of suburban life, where the air feels sharper and cleaner than in the salt-heavy streets by the sea. Each path through the greenery serves as a reminder of the quiet, rolling topography that has long shaped the habits of those who dwell here.
Flight conditions near Preston. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Preston and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Preston, East Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Preston, East Sussex, 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 Preston includes coordinates 50.837671, -0.149642, in the county of East Sussex, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Preston is available on the Preston map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the East Sussex 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.