Lydd-on-Sea, Kent Weather
About Lydd-on-Sea, Kent
Lydd-on-Sea commands a desolate, wind-swept stretch of the Kent coastline, where the grey sky meets the shingle in a seamless, muted horizon. It lies 3.3 miles east-south-east of Lydd (from Lydd: bearing 117°T, OS grid TR 090 186), and is situated north of Dungeness village. Salt-laden breezes scour the low-lying bungalows, carrying the briny scent of the English Channel across a landscape defined by its stark, elemental simplicity. To the west, the Long Pits mirror the shifting clouds, offering a tranquil reprieve from the restless tides that shape the nearby coast. The vast expanse of the Dungeness National Nature Reserve unfurls beyond the perimeter, a wild, protected wilderness where rare flora thrives amidst the flint and gravel. At dusk, the light here possesses a singular, melancholic clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of every stone and blade of marram grass. Walking along the shore toward Denge Beach, one feels the profound solitude of a frontier where land and sea engage in a slow, perpetual negotiation. Lydd-on-Sea remains a place of quiet observation, holding its own against the immense, indifferent beauty of the surrounding marshland.
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About This Lydd-on-Sea, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lydd-on-Sea, 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 Lydd-on-Sea includes coordinates 50.929278, 0.974018, 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 Lydd-on-Sea is available on the Lydd-on-Sea 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.