Friston, Suffolk Weather
About Friston, Suffolk
Friston emerges from the Suffolk landscape as a collection of flint-walled cottages and timbered frames gathered under an expansive, pale sky. It lies 2.4 miles south-east of Saxmundham (from Saxmundham: bearing 140°T, OS grid TM 412 602), and is situated west-south-west of Coldfair Green village. The light here possesses a particular clarity, turning the fields to shades of ochre and grey as the day wanes toward the coast. Near the heart of the parish, the Friston Village Sign stands as a modest sentinel, marking a point where the quiet lanes converge. To the south-west, the ancient earthworks of the Church Common Round Barrows rise from the pasture, grounding the horizon in the deep, silent history of the soil. Friston remains anchored by its agricultural heritage, where the rhythmic turning of the earth dictates the pace of the seasons. Beyond the dwellings, the landscape opens into the vast, wind-swept expanse of the Snape Warren Sssi, a terrain of heath and heather that retains the raw, unadorned character of the region. This geography ensures that the air in Friston carries the sharp, salt-tinged promise of the nearby North Sea.
Flight conditions near Friston. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Friston and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Friston, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Friston, 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 Friston includes coordinates 52.187407, 1.528224, 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 Friston is available on the Friston 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.