Manston, Kent Weather
About Manston, Kent
Manston occupies a high, windswept plateau in Kent, where the pale northern light catches the flint-strewn fields and defines the vast, open horizon. It lies 2.2 miles west-north-west of Ramsgate (from Ramsgate: bearing 291°T, OS grid TR 347 661), and is situated west-south-west of Haine village. Broad, expansive skies dominate the landscape here, reflecting the proximity to the coast and the salt-heavy air that flows inland from the English Channel. Residents often walk the paths near Manston Park, where the flat ground allows the wind to sing through the hedgerows with an unceasing, rhythmic hum. The history of the terrain is marked by the presence of the Anglo-Saxon Cemetery S Of Ozengell Grange, a quiet place where the earth preserves the remnants of ancient lives beneath the grass. Manston retains a distinct character shaped by its long association with aviation, an identity that remains etched into the very soil of its former airfield. The nearby Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum serves as a silent keeper of this legacy, housing steel birds that once cut through the same clouds that drift over the village today. Manston remains a place where the utilitarian breadth of the plateau meets the quiet, enduring weight of its past.
Flight conditions near Manston. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Manston and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Manston, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Manston, 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 Manston includes coordinates 51.346106, 1.369631, 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 Manston is available on the Manston 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.