Downham, Essex Weather
About Downham, Essex
Downham rests upon the gentle, rising clay slopes of the Essex landscape, defined by the quiet persistence of its agricultural character. It lies 2.4 miles north-west of Wickford (from Wickford: bearing 316°T, OS grid TQ 719 961), and is situated east-north-east of Ramsden Heath village. The horizon here is dominated by the expansive, reflective mirror of the Hanningfield Reservoir Sssi, which draws a cool, silver light across the surrounding fields. To the south, Pump Hill elevates the terrain, offering a vantage point where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and turning furrows. History lingers in the local soil, evidenced by the nearby Chitham's Farm Moated Site, a quiet reminder of medieval land management. Downham maintains a rhythm dictated by the seasons, where the light shifts across the flat plains to illuminate the ancient, heavy timber of its older structures. The air often feels still, holding the weight of centuries in the quietude of its lanes and the sparse architecture of its homes. Downham remains a place where the sky feels unusually vast, pressing down upon the fields with a grey, oceanic intensity.
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Live animated radar for Downham and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Downham, Essex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Downham, 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 Downham includes coordinates 51.637898, 0.482977, 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 Downham is available on the Downham 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.