Barking, Suffolk Weather
About Barking, Suffolk
Fields of heavy clay and ancient woodland define the quiet, sprawling horizon that encompasses Barking. It lies 1.9 miles south-west of Needham Market (from Needham Market: bearing 221°T, OS grid TM 067 527), and is situated north-north-east of Barking Tye village. A singular painted Barking Village Sign marks the approach, standing as a sentinel where the low-slung light of late afternoon catches the damp, dark furrows of the surrounding arable land. To the east, the vast canopy of Barking Woods Sssi anchors the parish in a deep, tangled silence that has persisted for centuries. The terrain here rises and falls with a subtle, muscular grace, lifting the gaze toward the distant, rolling edges of the Suffolk landscape. Beneath the shadow of the trees, the soil holds the dampness of winter long into the spring, feeding the thick, verdant growth of the hedgerows. Beyond the parish boundaries, the land stretches out in a patchwork of greens and browns, reflecting a life governed by the slow turning of the seasons and the weight of the harvest. Barking remains a place of hidden corners and quiet persistence, where the sky feels vast above the modest, sturdy architecture of the farmsteads.
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Live animated radar for Barking and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Barking, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Barking, 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 Barking includes coordinates 52.134598, 1.020121, 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 Barking is available on the Barking 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.