Hempstead, Essex Weather
About Hempstead, Essex
Hempstead occupies a quiet reach of the Essex plateau, where the land tilts gently toward the horizon under a vast, unencumbered sky. It lies 4.6 miles north-north-east of Thaxted (from Thaxted: bearing 19°T, OS grid TL 633 380), and is situated east of Radwinter village. The Hempstead Village Sign serves as a modest sentinel at the heart of the parish, marking a point where the local roads converge through fields of heavy clay. Nearby, the Wincelow Hall Moated Site remains as a silent, water-shadowed memory of medieval domesticity, its earthworks holding the stillness of centuries. A short distance to the south-east, The Howses Moated Site offers a similar glimpse into a past where homes were carved out of the damp, stubborn soil. The architecture of Hempstead reflects a long reliance on the surrounding arable expanse, with timber-framed dwellings that seem to have grown from the earth rather than being placed upon it. Light here has a peculiar clarity, catching the flint in the church walls and turning the dusk into a cool, silvered grey. These fields support a landscape that values endurance over spectacle, maintaining a rhythm dictated by the turning of the seasons.
Flight conditions near Hempstead. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Hempstead and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Hempstead, Essex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hempstead, 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 Hempstead includes coordinates 52.016616, 0.378978, 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 Hempstead is available on the Hempstead 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.