North Stifford, Essex Weather
About North Stifford, Essex
North Stifford retains a distinct character, anchored by the quiet flow of the Mardyke river that carves a path through the surrounding lowlands. It lies 1.6 miles north-north-west of Grays (from Grays: bearing 327°T, OS grid TQ 601 802), and is situated north-north-west of Chafford Hundred village. St. Mary’s Church stands as a silent sentinel at the heart of North Stifford, its flint and stone walls holding the weight of centuries against the shifting Essex sky. Just a short walk away, the rugged, dramatic topography of the Chafford Gorges Nature Park reveals the hidden history of the land’s industrial extraction, now reclaimed by wild, unruly greenery. Light catches the steep, chalky slopes of the nearby Grays Thurrock Chalk Pit Sssi, where the earth reveals its pale, skeletal marrow to the sun. The air here carries a crisp, lingering freshness, untroubled by the nearby sprawl of modern development. Residents find solace in the contrast between the historic lanes and the deep, silent pools that mirror the clouds above the gorges. North Stifford preserves a sense of stillness, a quiet pause in the landscape that refuses to be hurried by the turning of the tide.
Flight conditions near North Stifford. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for North Stifford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This North Stifford, Essex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for North Stifford, 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 North Stifford includes coordinates 51.49821, 0.306192, 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 North Stifford is available on the North Stifford 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.