Dunkirk, Staffordshire Weather
About Dunkirk, Staffordshire
Dunkirk occupies a modest ridge of high ground where the air often holds a sharp, clean clarity typical of the Staffordshire uplands. It lies 2.1 miles south-west of Kidsgrove (from Kidsgrove: bearing 232°T, OS grid SJ 813 524), and is situated west of Talke Pits village. The land here slopes away in long, low rolls, revealing the industrial legacy of the region in the weathered brickwork of scattered cottages and the muted, earthy tones of the surrounding fields. Rising to the south-east, the slopes of Bignall Hill serve as a silent sentinel, their profile etched against the sky in a way that suggests the deep, subterranean coal seams once worked by generations of local hands. On quiet afternoons, the wind carries a faint, percussive echo from the nearby Audley Theatre, a reminder of the cultural life thriving just beyond the immediate horizon. Dunkirk remains a place of quiet transition, where the remnants of a mining past gently merge with the encroaching greenery of the countryside. The light catches the uneven stone walls of the older dwellings, turning them a warm, bruised plum colour as the sun dips behind the western rise.
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Live animated radar for Dunkirk and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Dunkirk, Staffordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dunkirk, Staffordshire, 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 Dunkirk includes coordinates 53.068697, -2.279697, in the county of Staffordshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Dunkirk is available on the Dunkirk map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Staffordshire 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.