Kingston, Kent Weather
About Kingston, Kent
Kingston reveals itself through the quiet persistence of flint walls and the pale, chalky dust that clings to the lanes after a dry spell. It lies 5.3 miles south-east of Canterbury (from Canterbury: bearing 144°T, OS grid TR 200 511), and is situated north-north-west of Barham village. The land here rises in measured swells, defined by a topography that has favoured human occupation since the early centuries of the first millennium. To the north-north-east, the landscape holds the silent, grass-covered mounds of the Anglo-Saxon Barrow Field, where the earth retains the heavy, solemn weight of ancient burials. These remnants of a distant past sit in communion with the sprawling, leaf-thick canopy of Ileden and Oxenden Woods, where the air remains cool even when the sun strikes the open fields with a sharp, uncompromising glare. Kingston maintains a composure born of its long agricultural heritage, with the architecture of the church and local farmsteads reflecting the muted tones of the Kentish Downs. A traveller may catch the scent of damp earth and woodsmoke, a fragrance that persists long after the day has surrendered to the encroaching shadows. Such stillness is not an absence of movement, but a patient accumulation of time, marking the passage of seasons across the limestone ridges.
Flight conditions near Kingston. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Kingston and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Kingston, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kingston, 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 Kingston includes coordinates 51.217354, 1.15007, 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 Kingston is available on the Kingston 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.