Clifton, Oxfordshire Weather
About Clifton, Oxfordshire
Clifton emerges from the Oxfordshire landscape as a quiet collection of stone dwellings gathered along the slopes above the valley floor. It lies 5.8 miles south-south-east of Banbury (from Banbury: bearing 161°T, OS grid SP 488 317), and is situated east of Deddington village. Golden ironstone defines the local architecture, catching the low afternoon sun in a way that warms the greyest of winter days. To the west, the ancient, earth-bound ramparts of Deddington Castle stand as a silent memory of medieval fortification, long since reclaimed by grass and shadow. Below the eastern fringes, the River Cherwell winds its course through the floodplain, carving a slow, deliberate path toward the Thames. The fields surrounding Clifton hold the crisp, earthy scent of damp loam, especially where the land dips towards the nearby Bestmoor Sssi. Generations of farmers have worked these heavy soils, their labour reflected in the enduring patterns of hedgerows and stone walls that divide the horizon. A singular, peaceful stillness remains here, undisturbed by the modern rush that pulses through the wider district.
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About This Clifton, Oxfordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clifton, Oxfordshire, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Clifton includes coordinates 51.98215, -1.28996, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Clifton is available on the Clifton map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Oxfordshire 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.