Herne Common, Kent Weather
About Herne Common, Kent
Herne Common stretches across the Kentish landscape as a quiet expanse where the sky feels unexpectedly vast above the low-lying fields. It lies 1.9 miles south of Herne Bay (from Herne Bay: bearing 178°T, OS grid TR 179 651), and is situated south-south-west of Herne village. The light here has a sharp, pale quality that clarifies the edges of the hedgerows and turns the winter grass to a translucent, brittle gold. To the south-east, the dense canopy of East Blean Wood acts as a dark anchor, providing a stark contrast to the open, wind-swept tracts that define the immediate geography. Water shapes the character of the soil, with the modest flow of Hare's Brook nearby adding a persistent, rhythmic hum to the stillness of the afternoon. Herne Common retains a sense of detachment from the busier coastal thoroughfares, favouring instead the slow, deliberate pace of agricultural land and scattered homesteads. The horizon is rarely interrupted by high architecture, allowing the eye to trace the long, flat lines of the earth until they blur into the grey-blue distance of the county.
Flight conditions near Herne Common. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Herne Common and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Herne Common, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Herne Common, 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 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 Herne Common includes coordinates 51.343525, 1.128201, 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 Herne Common is available on the Herne Common 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.