St James, Norfolk Weather
About St James, Norfolk
St James holds the quiet gravity of the Norfolk soil, where the flat, expansive horizon swallows the fading light of late afternoon. It lies 6.2 miles south of North Walsham (from North Walsham: bearing 186°T, OS grid TG 278 202), and is situated east-north-east of Coltishall village. The landscape here is defined by a low-slung, patient geometry, broken only by the skeletal geometry of the World War II fighter pen and Cold War blast walls that linger like stone memories of a more urgent era. These concrete monoliths, now softened by encroaching lichen, stand as silent sentinels over fields that once echoed with the roar of engines. A short distance away, the open space of The Common offers a reprieve of grass and sky, inviting a slower pace that matches the heavy, humid air of the Broadland district. St James exists in the margins of these remnants, where the memory of flight meets the slow, unyielding persistence of the earth. The air here tastes faintly of damp peat and distant river water, grounding the hamlet in a reality that feels both ancient and entirely singular.
Flight conditions near St James. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for St James and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This St James, Norfolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St James, Norfolk, 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 hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for St James includes coordinates 52.732268, 1.373239, in the county of Norfolk, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of St James is available on the St James map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Norfolk 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.