Crofton, Lincolnshire Weather
About Crofton, Lincolnshire
Crofton emerges from the flat, open expanse of the North Kesteven landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the wide, expansive Lincolnshire sky. It lies 3.7 miles south-south-west of Sleaford (from Sleaford: bearing 194°T, OS grid TF 054 401), and is situated south-east of Swarby village. Sunlight brushes the horizon here with a pale, unrelenting clarity, illuminating the long shadows cast by the earthworks of the Barrow In Aswarby Park Scheduled Monument nearby. This ancient mound stands as a solitary sentinel, marking a transition between the cultivated fields and the deeper, quiet reaches of the neighbouring Aswarby Park. The air around Crofton carries the scent of damp soil and distant growth, a crisp reminder of the earth’s patient, revolving seasons. Footpaths trace the edges of the terrain, offering glimpses of a geography shaped by long-forgotten agricultural labours and the slow passage of time. Crofton retains a singular stillness, where the wind moves through the grass with a soft, persistent sigh, indifferent to the hurried pace of the modern world beyond its borders.
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Live animated radar for Crofton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Crofton, Lincolnshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Crofton, Lincolnshire, 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 other settlement. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Crofton includes coordinates 52.948012, -0.432002, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Crofton is available on the Crofton map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Lincolnshire 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.