Hucking, Kent Weather
About Hucking, Kent
Hucking remains a sequestered fragment of the North Downs, where the chalky earth meets the sky in a quiet, elevated solitude. It lies 5.1 miles south-west of Sittingbourne (from Sittingbourne: bearing 231°T, OS grid TQ 844 583), and is situated north of Hollingbourne village. The horizon here is dominated by the expansive, open character of the landscape, where the wind moves with an uninterrupted purpose across the high, rolling fields. A short distance away, the North Downs Way Viewpoint offers a vantage point from which the entire tapestry of the Kentish Weald appears muted and softened by distance. Hucking maintains a sparse, agrarian dignity, defined by narrow lanes that seem to have been etched by the slow passage of heavy iron wheels over many generations. The presence of Squirrel Wood nearby adds a dense, verdant contrast to the otherwise exposed summit, sheltering the local soil from the more insistent gales. Throughout the seasons, the quality of light in Hucking alters the appearance of the ancient flint walls, turning them from a pale, austere grey to a warm, bruised gold as the sun descends. This high-altitude isolation ensures that Hucking persists as a place where the clamour of the modern world is effectively held at bay by the sheer height of the chalk escarpment.
Flight conditions near Hucking. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Hucking and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Hucking, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hucking, 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 Hucking includes coordinates 51.294173, 0.644222, 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 Hucking is available on the Hucking 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.