Broomfield, Essex Weather
About Broomfield, Essex
Broomfield emerges from the Essex landscape as a distinct point of human persistence against the encroaching agricultural plains. It lies 2.0 miles north of Chelmsford (from Chelmsford: bearing 358°T, OS grid TL 706 104), and is situated south-south-east of Broad's Green village. The light here catches the flint-knapped masonry of the local church tower, which holds a quiet authority over the surrounding fields. Visitors often pause at Church Green, where the grass retains a crisp, manicured dignity that contrasts with the wilder, unkempt hedgerows further afield. To the north-north-west, the metallic geometry of the Woodland Colour artwork breaks the horizon, offering a sharp, modern counterpoint to the ancient earth. Broomfield functions as a necessary transition between the dense urban gravity of the south and the widening, open arable land that stretches toward the north. The air carries a slight, rhythmic hum of the nearby hospital complex, an essential pulse that anchors the daily life of the inhabitants. Through the changing seasons, the persistent wind scours the open ground, reminding those who walk these paths of the vast, exposed sky that defines this corner of the county.
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Live animated radar for Broomfield and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Broomfield, Essex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Broomfield, Essex, 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 Broomfield includes coordinates 51.766575, 0.471713, in the county of Essex, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Broomfield is available on the Broomfield map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Essex 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.