Wye, Kent Weather
About Wye, Kent
Wye holds a quiet authority over the chalky contours of the North Downs, where the Stour River carves a deliberate path through the Kentish landscape. It lies 3.8 miles north-east of Ashford (from Ashford: bearing 50°T, OS grid TR 054 468), and is situated south of Bilting village. The flint-knapped walls of the Medieval College of St Gregory and St Martin at Wye anchor the centre, their cool, grey surfaces absorbing the low, pale light of winter afternoons. Beyond the main street, the terrain rises sharply toward the Wye Crown Millennium Stone, where the chalk hillside has been bared to form a stark, white emblem visible for miles. This high ground offers a vantage point over the patchwork of fields, revealing the precise geometry of a landscape long shaped by human hands. The earth here feels dense and ancient, holding the chill of the river valley even as the sun warms the high ridges above. Wye maintains a singular composure, tethered to its agrarian roots by the surrounding expanse of the Wye and Crundale Downs SSSI. Throughout the seasons, the air carries the faint, sharp scent of limestone and damp vegetation, a reminder of the bedrock that defines the character of Wye.
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Live animated radar for Wye and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Wye, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wye, 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 Wye includes coordinates 51.183918, 0.937707, 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 Wye is available on the Wye 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.