Welney, Norfolk Weather
About Welney, Norfolk
Welney stretches across the flat, expansive horizon of the Fens, where the sky claims more territory than the land itself. It lies 6.8 miles east-south-east of March (from March: bearing 104°T, OS grid TL 523 941), and is situated south-east of Tipps End village. The light here possesses a singular, piercing clarity, reflecting off the damp earth to illuminate the intricate ironwork of the Welney Village Sign that stands as a sentinel of local identity. Beyond the residential lanes, the landscape yields to the vast, watery expanse of the Ouse Washes SSSi, a place where the winter floods transform the fields into a silvered mirror for migrating birds. The Wetland Trust Visitor Centre provides a quiet threshold between the human dwelling and the wild, rhythmic pulse of the marshlands. Here, the wind moves with an unhindered velocity, scouring the dark soil and whispering through the reeds that border the ancient drainage channels. Welney remains defined by this delicate balance between the persistent reclamation of the earth and the inevitable, seasonal return of the deep waters. Every evening, the sun descends in a bruised violet glow, casting long, melancholy shadows over the sluices and the quiet, industrious spirit of the inhabitants.
Flight conditions near Welney. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Welney and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Welney, Norfolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Welney, 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 village. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Welney includes coordinates 52.524297, 0.243748, 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 Welney is available on the Welney 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.