Wix, Essex Weather
About Wix, Essex
Wix endures as a quiet expanse of Essex farmland, defined by the steady rotation of crops and the heavy, fertile scent of its clay-rich soil. It lies 3.9 miles east-south-east of Manningtree (from Manningtree: bearing 121°T, OS grid TM 162 288), and is situated west-north-west of Wix Green village. The landscape here possesses a certain melancholic dignity, where the low horizons allow the afternoon light to stretch thin and golden across the stubble of harvested fields. To the north, the ghost of the World War II bombing decoy at Spinnels Farm remains as a subtle depression in the land, a silent memory of a time when the sky held a more frantic purpose. Further east, the Ramsey River carves a sluggish, reflective path toward the coast, its edges fringed with the silver-grey reeds that shiver under the slightest breeze. Wix retains a singular character, eschewing the vanity of more polished locales for the honest, weathered textures of its farmsteads and lanes. One finds that the air here feels particularly vast, pressing down upon the earth with a weight that invites a contemplative stillness. Life in Wix moves with the slow, deliberate pulse of the seasons, unbothered by the clamour of modern life beyond its borders.
Flight conditions near Wix. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Wix and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Wix, Essex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wix, 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 Wix includes coordinates 51.916243, 1.143241, 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 Wix is available on the Wix 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.