Dovercourt, Essex Weather
About Dovercourt, Essex
Dovercourt stretches its salt-worn Victorian terraces along the edge of the North Sea, catching the grey-blue light that drifts in from the estuary. It lies 0.8 miles south-south-west of Harwich (from Harwich: bearing 210°T, OS grid TM 254 315). The horizon is punctuated by the iron-limbed silhouette of the Dovercourt Lighthouses, standing as lonely sentinels upon the tidal causeway. Beyond the residential streets, the calm, reed-fringed waters of Bobbit's Hole offer a quiet sanctuary where the heavy, briny air softens into the scent of damp earth and freshwater. Dovercourt maintains a steady, maritime pulse, defined by the relentless ebb and flow of the tide against the shingle shore. Residents often walk toward the coast to watch the vast, deep-bellied container ships navigate the harbour mouth, their hulls cutting through the mist like slow-moving ghosts. This geography of water and stone creates a landscape that feels perpetually exposed to the shifting winds of the coast. Such openness lends a stark, singular clarity to the morning, where the gulls cry out over the harbour and the sea air brightens the very colour of the brickwork.
Flight conditions near Dovercourt. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Dovercourt and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Dovercourt, Essex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dovercourt, 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 suburban area. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Dovercourt includes coordinates 51.93667, 1.278277, 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 Dovercourt is available on the Dovercourt 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.