Assington, Suffolk Weather
About Assington, Suffolk
Assington occupies a quiet corner of the Suffolk landscape where the heavy clay soil dictates the pace of the seasons. It lies 4.2 miles east-south-east of Sudbury (from Sudbury: bearing 121°T, OS grid TL 934 381), and is situated west-north-west of Leavenheath village. The horizon here is defined by a slow, deliberate relief, offering a perspective that catches the pale, slanted light of an English afternoon with particular clarity. To the south, the ancient coppices of Arger Fen Sssi provide a tangled, wild counterpoint to the orderly hedgerows that define the local agricultural character. Further shadows gather around Tiger Hill, a modest rise that commands the surrounding fields and serves as a silent sentinel over the agricultural plains. The architecture of Assington retains a stubborn, vernacular honesty, with timber frames and weatherboarding that have weathered the damp winters for centuries. Fields stretch out in a patchwork of muted greens and browns, interrupted only by the occasional sharp line of a drainage ditch or the solitary silhouette of an oak. One finds a certain satisfaction in the way the local topography resists grandiosity, preferring instead the subtle, enduring textures of a working countryside.
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Live animated radar for Assington and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Assington, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Assington, Suffolk, 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 Assington includes coordinates 52.007636, 0.816557, in the county of Suffolk, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Assington is available on the Assington map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Suffolk 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.