Hemsted, Kent Weather
About Hemsted, Kent
Hemsted remains a quiet assembly of dwellings caught in the slow, deliberate turn of the Kentish landscape. It lies 4.6 miles north-north-west of Hythe (from Hythe: bearing 346°T, OS grid TR 140 419), and is situated east of Stowting village. The terrain here rises in measured swells, defined by the heavy, loamy soil that has long dictated the pace of local agriculture. Ancient earthworks linger in the periphery, including the Roman Barrow positioned just to the north-west, where the grass seems to grow a shade deeper against the mound’s curve. To the south-west, the rise of Cobb’s Hill commands the view, offering a vantage point over the fields where the light often flattens into a pale, bruised violet at dusk. Hemsted holds its own stillness, far removed from the sharp salt-air of the coast, existing instead in a pocket of land governed by the cycles of the nearby woods. These slopes, punctuated by the shadows of West Wood, give the horizon a jagged, uneven edge that shifts with the seasons. Such geography leaves the hamlet exposed to the wind, yet grounded in a history that avoids the noise of the modern thoroughfare.
Flight conditions near Hemsted. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Hemsted and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Hemsted, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hemsted, Kent, 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 hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Hemsted includes coordinates 51.136545, 1.057579, in the county of Kent, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Hemsted is available on the Hemsted map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Kent 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.