Harkstead, Suffolk Weather
About Harkstead, Suffolk
Harkstead rests upon the heavy clay soils of the Shotley Peninsula, where the horizon broadens to meet the vast, shifting waters of the Stour. It lies 4.4 miles west-north-west of Harwich (from Harwich: bearing 294°T, OS grid TM 194 352), and is situated south-south-west of Chelmondiston village. The lane leading toward the shoreline passes the Harkstead Village Sign, a piece of public artwork that stands as a quiet sentinel amidst the turning seasons. Below the quiet lanes, the land tilts toward the salt-scented air of the Stour Estuary SSSI, where the tide dictates the slow pulse of the local landscape. Ancient markers remain in the soil, such as the Enclosure E Of Nether Hall, where the earth holds the faint, lingering memory of medieval foundations beneath the grass. The light here possesses a singular, pearlescent quality, reflecting off the grey mudflats and brightening the flint-knapped walls of the parish church. Harkstead endures as a place of agricultural stillness, where the wind carries the brine of the North Sea across fields that have been tilled for centuries.
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Live animated radar for Harkstead and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Harkstead, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Harkstead, 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 Harkstead includes coordinates 51.972081, 1.192891, 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 Harkstead is available on the Harkstead 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.