Rand occupies a quiet corner of the Lincolnshire landscape where the horizon remains flat and wide, offering little resistance to the passing clouds. It lies 1.8 miles west-north-west of Wragby (from Wragby: bearing 286°T, OS grid TF 104 788), and is situated south-south-west of Holton cum Beckering village. Low-lying fields stretch toward the horizon, their heavy clay soil drinking in the grey light of the East Midlands sky. A short distance to the north-east, the earth holds the ghost of the Rand Medieval Settlement, where the humps and hollows of former homes remain pressed into the pasture like a long-forgotten memory. The air here carries a sharp, clean scent of damp earth and turning furrows, a reminder of the agricultural rhythms that have defined the ground for centuries. Not far to the south, the lively activity of Rand Farm Park provides a stark, modern contrast to the stillness of the surrounding medieval earthworks. Rand remains a place where the wind moves unimpeded across the open expanse, brushing against the hedgerows with a persistent, low whistle. Through the changing seasons, the land here retains a steady, unadorned character that demands nothing from the observer but a patient gaze.
Flight conditions near Rand. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Rand and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rand, 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 Rand includes coordinates 53.294723, -0.343906, 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 Rand is available on the Rand 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.