Blackthorpe, Suffolk Weather
About Blackthorpe, Suffolk
Blackthorpe emerges from the low-slung Suffolk horizon as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the vast, unblinking sky above the fields. It lies 3.0 miles east-south-east of Bury St Edmunds (from Bury St Edmunds: bearing 106°T, OS grid TL 900 632), and is situated north-west of Kingshall Street village. The land here holds the memory of industry and conflict, evidenced by the 94th Bomb Group Control Tower standing as a stark, skeletal reminder of the mid-century air war just to the north-west. Beyond these concrete echoes, the landscape softens into the quiet, dense canopy of Newhall Covert, where the light filters through the branches in thin, grey slivers. Blackthorpe maintains a measured pace, far removed from the bustle of the nearby market town, yet bound to the same heavy, clay-rich earth. The air possesses a crystalline clarity in the winter months, sharpening the outlines of the hedgerows against the fields. Here, the passage of time is marked less by clocks and more by the slow, seasonal turn of the agricultural cycle that governs the local horizon.
Flight conditions near Blackthorpe. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Blackthorpe and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Blackthorpe, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Blackthorpe, 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 hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Blackthorpe includes coordinates 52.234428, 0.781993, 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 Blackthorpe is available on the Blackthorpe 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.