Rainham, London Weather
About Rainham, London
Rainham preserves the quiet dignity of a place where the Thames estuary wind brushes against the edges of suburban industry. It lies 5.0 miles north-north-west of Dartford (from Dartford: bearing 331°T, OS grid TQ 520 822), and is situated west-north-west of Wennington village. The Ingrebourne River snakes through the local landscape, its waters carrying the grey-blue reflection of a sky that feels noticeably vast and unencumbered here. Near the heart of the district, Rainham Hall stands as a red-brick sentinel of the eighteenth century, its austere elegance offering a counterpoint to the modern bustle of the surrounding streets. Nearby, the Rainham Community Garden provides a small, cultivated sanctuary where the soil holds the scent of damp earth and seasonal growth. The heavy, industrial horizon is softened by the presence of these green pockets, where the light catches the leaves in a way that suggests a deeper, more enduring patience. This balance between the functional weight of the riverside and the stillness of historic architecture defines the character of Rainham. The marshes stretching toward the river remain a wild, reed-fringed memory of the landscape as it existed before the railways and the docks arrived to claim the bank.
Flight conditions near Rainham. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Rainham and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Rainham, London Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rainham, London, 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. Air quality data includes PM2.5, PM10, ozone and the UK Daily Air Quality Index (DAQI 1-10) as used by DEFRA and the Met Office. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Rainham includes coordinates 51.518687, 0.189892, in the county of London, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Rainham is available on the Rainham map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the London 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.