Raikes, Lancashire Weather
About Raikes, Lancashire
Raikes reveals itself as a quiet convergence of suburban lanes tucked into the flat, expansive landscape of the Fylde peninsula. It lies 0.4 miles east-north-east of Thornton (from Thornton: bearing 64°T, OS grid SD 348 423). The sky here hangs wide and pale, often reflecting the silver-grey light that drifts inland from the nearby coast. Residents find a brief sanctuary in the manicured grass of Kenyon Gardens, where the air remains still even when the breeze freshens across the open fields. Beyond these borders, the land slopes gently toward the tidal rhythms of the Wyre Estuary Country Park, where the water pulls away to reveal salt-washed mudflats at low tide. Raikes maintains a steady, unremarkable character that keeps pace with the changing seasons rather than the rush of modern transit. The low-lying terrain offers little resistance to the wind, allowing the weather to sweep across the rooftops with a raw, unvarnished honesty. It is a place defined by the simple geometry of its roads and the persistent, damp scent of the nearby marshes that defines the edge of the world here.
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Live animated radar for Raikes and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Raikes, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Raikes, Lancashire, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Raikes includes coordinates 53.872936, -2.992664, in the county of Lancashire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Raikes is available on the Raikes map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Lancashire 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.