Corton, Suffolk Weather
About Corton, Suffolk
Corton commands a narrow ridge of land that overlooks the grey, restless expanse of the North Sea. It lies 2.7 miles north of Lowestoft (from Lowestoft: bearing 356°T, OS grid TM 542 975), and is situated east of Blundeston village. A solitary public artwork, the Corton Village Sign, marks the threshold where the land begins its slow, erosive retreat toward the tide. Below the village, the Corton Cliffs SSSi reveal layers of sand and clay, a fragile geology that seems to sigh under the weight of the salt-laden wind. The light here has a sharp, scouring quality, bleaching the grass of the cliff-tops until they mimic the pale, wintry colour of the foam below. Beyond the reach of the waves, the landscape transitions into the rolling, inland fields that once fed the salt-workers and fishermen of the coast. Corton maintains a quiet defiance against the encroaching water, its houses turning their backs to the gale to hold their ground upon the bluff. Life here remains dictated by the horizon, where the heavy sky meets the water in a blurred, monochromatic seam.
Flight conditions near Corton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Corton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Corton, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Corton, 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 Corton includes coordinates 52.516293, 1.746478, 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 Corton is available on the Corton 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.